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Recognised as Colour

#6F44AF

  • #6F44AF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#6F44AF is a violet with RGB values 111, 68, 175 and HSL 264°, 44%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#6F44AF#6F44AF
HEX#6F44AF
RGBrgb(111, 68, 175)
RGB (0–1)0.4353, 0.2667, 0.6863
RGB percentages43.5%, 26.7%, 68.6%
HSLhsl(264.1, 44%, 47.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264.1, 61.1%, 68.6%)
CMYK36.6%, 61.1%, 0%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,292,079
CSS custom property--colour: #6F44AF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10609WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness99.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.73:1
Contrast with white6.73:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#555555
Inverted#90BB50

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005CB2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#1A5BADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.2 from the original
Tritanopia#615B73no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.73:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.12:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 7.1Slate blue · ΔE 11Medium purple · ΔE 16.7Dark slateblue · ΔE 19.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 19.9Indigo · ΔE 21.3
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 7.08, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#84AF44
Analogous#444EAF, #A544AF
Triadic#AF6F44, #44AF6F
Split complementary#AFA544, #4EAF44
Tetradic#AF444E, #84AF44, #44AFA5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DDD2ED
Lighter +30%#C1ADDF
Lighter +20%#A588D1
Lighter +10%#8A63C3
Darker −10%#58368A
Darker −20%#402766
Darker −30%#291941
Darker −40%#120B1C
More saturated +25%#6926CD
Less saturated −25%#756291

Channel breakdown

R111
G68
B175
Red111 (43.5%)
Green68 (26.7%)
Blue175 (68.6%)
Hue264.11°
Saturation (HSL)44.03%
Lightness47.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6F · G 44 · B AF

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