Colour

#6F37A6

#6F37A6
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#6F37A6 is a violet with RGB values 111, 55, 166 and HSL 270°, 50%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#6F37A6#6F37A6

HEX#6F37A6

RGBrgb(111, 55, 166)

RGB (0–1)0.4353, 0.2157, 0.651

RGB percentages43.5%, 21.6%, 65.1%

HSLhsl(270.3, 50.2%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(270.3, 66.9%, 65.1%)

CMYK33.1%, 66.9%, 0%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,288,742

CSS custom property--colour: #6F37A6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08865WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness92.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.57:1

Contrast with white7.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4B4B4B

Inverted#90C859

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0053A9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#0E54A4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.7 from the original

Tritanopia#64506Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 5.3 Slate blue · ΔE 15.7 Indigo · ΔE 16.5 Purple · ΔE 19.8 Dark magenta · ΔE 20.4 Medium purple · ΔE 21.4

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 5.35, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6EA637

Analogous#3737A6, #A637A6

Triadic#A66F37, #37A66F

Split complementary#A6A637, #37A637

Tetradic#A63737, #6EA637, #37A6A6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D5BFEA

Lighter +30%#BB99DD

Lighter +20%#A273D0

Lighter +10%#894CC4

Darker −10%#552A80

Darker −20%#3C1E59

Darker −30%#221133

Darker −40%#09040D

More saturated +25%#6F1BC2

Less saturated −25%#6F538A

Channel breakdown

R111

G55

B166

Red111 (43.5%)

Green55 (21.6%)

Blue166 (65.1%)

Hue270.27°

Saturation (HSL)50.23%

Lightness43.33%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 6F · G 37 · B A6

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