Colour

#6E1892

#6E1892
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#6E1892 is a violet with RGB values 110, 24, 146 and HSL 282°, 72%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

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HEX#6E1892

RGBrgb(110, 24, 146)

RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.0941, 0.5725

RGB percentages43.1%, 9.4%, 57.3%

HSLhsl(282.3, 71.8%, 33.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(282.3, 83.6%, 57.3%)

CMYK24.7%, 83.6%, 0%, 42.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,215,250

CSS custom property--colour: #6E1892;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06044WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness79.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.51:1

Contrast with white9.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#333333

Inverted#91E76D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004195no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#004790no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.2 from the original

Tritanopia#6A3757no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.21:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 10.7 Rebecca purple · ΔE 11.9 Purple · ΔE 12.7 Dark magenta · ΔE 13 Dark orchid · ΔE 21.2 Navy · ΔE 24.3

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 10.67, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#3C9218

Analogous#311892, #921879

Triadic#926E18, #18926E

Split complementary#799218, #189231

Tetradic#923118, #3C9218, #187992

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#CF8AEC

Lighter +30%#BD5EE5

Lighter +20%#AB33DD

Lighter +10%#8F1FBE

Darker −10%#4D1166

Darker −20%#2C0A3A

Darker −30%#0B020F

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7703A7

Less saturated −25%#652D7D

Channel breakdown

R110

G24

B146

Red110 (43.1%)

Green24 (9.4%)

Blue146 (57.3%)

Hue282.3°

Saturation (HSL)71.76%

Lightness33.33%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 6E · G 18 · B 92

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