Recognised as Colour

#6E4893

#6E4893
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark slateblue

#6E4893 is a violet with RGB values 110, 72, 147 and HSL 270°, 34%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

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HEX#6E4893

RGBrgb(110, 72, 147)

RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.2824, 0.5765

RGB percentages43.1%, 28.2%, 57.6%

HSLhsl(270.4, 34.2%, 42.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(270.4, 51%, 57.6%)

CMYK25.2%, 51%, 0%, 42.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,227,539

CSS custom property--colour: #6E4893;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10056WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness95.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.97:1

Contrast with white6.97:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#555555

Inverted#91B76C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#325896no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#3D5A91no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.1 from the original

Tritanopia#685566no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.01:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 11.3 Rebecca purple · ΔE 17 Medium purple · ΔE 23.1 Slate blue · ΔE 24 Midnight blue · ΔE 26.3 Purple · ΔE 28.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 11.25, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6D9348

Analogous#494893, #934892

Triadic#936E48, #48936E

Split complementary#929348, #489349

Tetradic#934948, #6D9348, #489293

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D4C5E2

Lighter +30%#BAA2D2

Lighter +20%#A180C1

Lighter +10%#885EB0

Darker −10%#543771

Darker −20%#3B264F

Darker −30%#21162C

Darker −40%#08050A

More saturated +25%#6E2DAE

Less saturated −25%#6E6378

Channel breakdown

R110

G72

B147

Red110 (43.1%)

Green72 (28.2%)

Blue147 (57.6%)

Hue270.4°

Saturation (HSL)34.25%

Lightness42.94%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 6E · G 48 · B 93

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