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Recognised as Colour

#6E4EBB

  • #6E4EBB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#6E4EBB is a violet with RGB values 110, 78, 187 and HSL 258°, 44%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#6E4EBB#6E4EBB
HEX#6E4EBB
RGBrgb(110, 78, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.3059, 0.7333
RGB percentages43.1%, 30.6%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(257.6, 44.5%, 52%)
HSV / HSBhsv(257.6, 58.3%, 73.3%)
CMYK41.2%, 58.3%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,229,115
CSS custom property--colour: #6E4EBB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12352WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness105.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.05:1
Contrast with white6.05:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5D5D5D
Inverted#91B144

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0764BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#1961B9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original
Tritanopia#5A667Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.05:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.47:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 6.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 11.4Medium purple · ΔE 13.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 16.3Royal blue · ΔE 18.5Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.1
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 6.51, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9BBB4E
Analogous#4E65BB, #A44EBB
Triadic#BB6E4E, #4EBB6E
Split complementary#BBA44E, #65BB4E
Tetradic#BB4E65, #9BBB4E, #4EBBA4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E7E1F4
Lighter +30%#C9BDE5
Lighter +20%#AA98D7
Lighter +10%#8C73C9
Darker −10%#573B9B
Darker −20%#432D76
Darker −30%#2E1F51
Darker −40%#19112C
More saturated +25%#612FDA
Less saturated −25%#7B6D9C

Channel breakdown

R110
G78
B187
Red110 (43.1%)
Green78 (30.6%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue257.61°
Saturation (HSL)44.49%
Lightness51.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6E · G 4E · B BB

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