Recognised as Colour

#6E3497

#6E3497
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#6E3497 is a violet with RGB values 110, 52, 151 and HSL 275°, 49%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#6E3497#6E3497

HEX#6E3497

RGBrgb(110, 52, 151)

RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.2039, 0.5922

RGB percentages43.1%, 20.4%, 59.2%

HSLhsl(275.2, 48.8%, 39.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(275.2, 65.6%, 59.2%)

CMYK27.2%, 65.6%, 0%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,222,423

CSS custom property--colour: #6E3497;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08005WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness88.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.07:1

Contrast with white8.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#474747

Inverted#91CB68

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004E9Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#225195no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.6 from the original

Tritanopia#684861no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.6:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 3.3 Purple · ΔE 17.5 Dark slateblue · ΔE 18.1 Indigo · ΔE 18.2 Slate blue · ΔE 19.3 Dark magenta · ΔE 19.6

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 3.33, a close match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5D9734

Analogous#3C3497, #97348F

Triadic#976E34, #34976E

Split complementary#8F9734, #34973C

Tetradic#973C34, #5D9734, #348F97

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D0B2E5

Lighter +30%#B88CD8

Lighter +20%#A167CA

Lighter +10%#8A41BD

Darker −10%#522771

Darker −20%#371A4B

Darker −30%#1B0D25

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#721BB0

Less saturated −25%#6A4D7E

Channel breakdown

R110

G52

B151

Red110 (43.1%)

Green52 (20.4%)

Blue151 (59.2%)

Hue275.15°

Saturation (HSL)48.77%

Lightness39.8%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 6E · G 34 · B 97

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