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Recognised as Colour

#6E2B97

  • #6E2B97
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#6E2B97 is a violet with RGB values 110, 43, 151 and HSL 277°, 56%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#6E2B97#6E2B97
HEX#6E2B97
RGBrgb(110, 43, 151)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.1686, 0.5922
RGB percentages43.1%, 16.9%, 59.2%
HSLhsl(277.2, 55.7%, 38%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.2, 71.5%, 59.2%)
CMYK27.2%, 71.5%, 0%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,220,119
CSS custom property--colour: #6E2B97;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07277WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness85.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.55:1
Contrast with white8.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#414141
Inverted#91D468

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004A9Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#154D95no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.7 from the original
Tritanopia#68435Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.55:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.46:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 5.2Indigo · ΔE 14.2Purple · ΔE 15.1Dark magenta · ΔE 16.5Slate blue · ΔE 20.9Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.5
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 5.23, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#54972B
Analogous#382B97, #972B8A
Triadic#976E2B, #2B976E
Split complementary#8A972B, #2B9738
Tetradic#97382B, #54972B, #2B8A97

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CFA8E6
Lighter +30%#B880DB
Lighter +20%#A258D0
Lighter +10%#8B36BF
Darker −10%#51206F
Darker −20%#341448
Darker −30%#170920
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#7413AF
Less saturated −25%#68437F

Channel breakdown

R110
G43
B151
Red110 (43.1%)
Green43 (16.9%)
Blue151 (59.2%)
Hue277.22°
Saturation (HSL)55.67%
Lightness38.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6E · G 2B · B 97

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