Recognised as Colour

#6E2BBB

#6E2BBB
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark orchid

#6E2BBB is a violet with RGB values 110, 43, 187 and HSL 268°, 63%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

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HEX#6E2BBB

RGBrgb(110, 43, 187)

RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.1686, 0.7333

RGB percentages43.1%, 16.9%, 73.3%

HSLhsl(267.9, 62.6%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(267.9, 77%, 73.3%)

CMYK41.2%, 77%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,220,155

CSS custom property--colour: #6E2BBB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08631WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness93.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.7:1

Contrast with white7.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#444444

Inverted#91D444

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0053BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#0052B8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.5 from the original

Tritanopia#5B5272no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.73:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 12.3 Blue violet · ΔE 18.6 Indigo · ΔE 18.7 Dark violet · ΔE 21.3 Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.6 Dark blue · ΔE 22

Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 12.3, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#78BB2B

Analogous#2B30BB, #B62BBB

Triadic#BB6E2B, #2BBB6E

Split complementary#BBB62B, #30BB2B

Tetradic#BB2B30, #78BB2B, #2BBBB6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D7C1F1

Lighter +30%#BD98E7

Lighter +20%#A26EDE

Lighter +10%#8845D4

Darker −10%#562192

Darker −20%#3D1868

Darker −30%#250E3F

Darker −40%#0C0515

More saturated +25%#6C0ED8

Less saturated −25%#70489E

Channel breakdown

R110

G43

B187

Red110 (43.1%)

Green43 (16.9%)

Blue187 (73.3%)

Hue267.92°

Saturation (HSL)62.61%

Lightness45.1%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 6E · G 2B · B BB

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