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Recognised as Colour

#6E4D93

  • #6E4D93
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#6E4D93 is a violet with RGB values 110, 77, 147 and HSL 268°, 31%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#6E4D93#6E4D93
HEX#6E4D93
RGBrgb(110, 77, 147)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.302, 0.5765
RGB percentages43.1%, 30.2%, 57.6%
HSLhsl(268.3, 31.2%, 43.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(268.3, 47.6%, 57.6%)
CMYK25.2%, 47.6%, 0%, 42.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,228,819
CSS custom property--colour: #6E4D93;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10729WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness97.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.68:1
Contrast with white6.68:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#595959
Inverted#91B26C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3A5B96no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#425C91no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.2 from the original
Tritanopia#685969no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.68:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.15:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 12.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.7Medium purple · ΔE 24.3Slate blue · ΔE 26.1Midnight blue · ΔE 28.4Purple · ΔE 31.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 12.2, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#72934D
Analogous#4D4F93, #914D93
Triadic#936E4D, #4D936E
Split complementary#93914D, #4F934D
Tetradic#934D4F, #72934D, #4D9391

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D5C9E3
Lighter +30%#BBA8D1
Lighter +20%#A186C0
Lighter +10%#8765AE
Darker −10%#553B72
Darker −20%#3C2A50
Darker −30%#23182F
Darker −40%#0A070D
More saturated +25%#6C31AF
Less saturated −25%#706977

Channel breakdown

R110
G77
B147
Red110 (43.1%)
Green77 (30.2%)
Blue147 (57.6%)
Hue268.29°
Saturation (HSL)31.25%
Lightness43.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6E · G 4D · B 93

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