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Recognised as Colour

#6E3CB4

  • #6E3CB4
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#6E3CB4 is a violet with RGB values 110, 60, 180 and HSL 265°, 50%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#6E3CB4#6E3CB4
HEX#6E3CB4
RGBrgb(110, 60, 180)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.2353, 0.7059
RGB percentages43.1%, 23.5%, 70.6%
HSLhsl(265, 50%, 47.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(265, 66.7%, 70.6%)
CMYK38.9%, 66.7%, 0%, 29.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,224,500
CSS custom property--colour: #6E3CB4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09842WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness97.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.07:1
Contrast with white7.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F
Inverted#91C34B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0058B8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0057B1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.7 from the original
Tritanopia#5E5873no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.07:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.97:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 10.6Slate blue · ΔE 13.5Indigo · ΔE 17.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 18.4Dark orchid · ΔE 19.7Medium purple · ΔE 20.9
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 10.56, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#82B43C
Analogous#3C46B4, #AA3CB4
Triadic#B46E3C, #3CB46E
Split complementary#B4AA3C, #46B43C
Tetradic#B43C46, #82B43C, #3CB4AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DBCEEF
Lighter +30%#C0A7E2
Lighter +20%#A481D5
Lighter +10%#885BC8
Darker −10%#572F8E
Darker −20%#3F2268
Darker −30%#281641
Darker −40%#10091B
More saturated +25%#691ED2
Less saturated −25%#735A96

Channel breakdown

R110
G60
B180
Red110 (43.1%)
Green60 (23.5%)
Blue180 (70.6%)
Hue265°
Saturation (HSL)50%
Lightness47.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6E · G 3C · B B4

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