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Recognised as Colour

#6E4496

  • #6E4496
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#6E4496 is a violet with RGB values 110, 68, 150 and HSL 271°, 38%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#6E4496#6E4496
HEX#6E4496
RGBrgb(110, 68, 150)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.2667, 0.5882
RGB percentages43.1%, 26.7%, 58.8%
HSLhsl(270.7, 37.6%, 42.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.7, 54.7%, 58.8%)
CMYK26.7%, 54.7%, 0%, 41.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,226,518
CSS custom property--colour: #6E4496;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09651WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness94.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.17:1
Contrast with white7.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#535353
Inverted#91BB69

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#295699no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#365894no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.3 from the original
Tritanopia#675366no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.17:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.93:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 11.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 12.7Slate blue · ΔE 21.1Medium purple · ΔE 21.4Midnight blue · ΔE 24.3Purple · ΔE 25.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 11.39, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6C9644
Analogous#454496, #964495
Triadic#966E44, #44966E
Split complementary#959644, #449645
Tetradic#964544, #6C9644, #449596

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D3C2E4
Lighter +30%#BA9FD4
Lighter +20%#A17CC4
Lighter +10%#8859B4
Darker −10%#543473
Darker −20%#3B2450
Darker −30%#21142D
Darker −40%#07040A
More saturated +25%#6F29B1
Less saturated −25%#6D5F7B

Channel breakdown

R110
G68
B150
Red110 (43.1%)
Green68 (26.7%)
Blue150 (58.8%)
Hue270.73°
Saturation (HSL)37.61%
Lightness42.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6E · G 44 · B 96

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