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Recognised as Colour

#6F4D85

  • #6F4D85
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#6F4D85 is a violet with RGB values 111, 77, 133 and HSL 276°, 27%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#6F4D85#6F4D85
HEX#6F4D85
RGBrgb(111, 77, 133)
RGB (0–1)0.4353, 0.302, 0.5216
RGB percentages43.5%, 30.2%, 52.2%
HSLhsl(276.4, 26.7%, 41.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276.4, 42.1%, 52.2%)
CMYK16.5%, 42.1%, 0%, 47.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,294,341
CSS custom property--colour: #6F4D85;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10381WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness95.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.83:1
Contrast with white6.83:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#585858
Inverted#90B27A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#425987no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#4A5B83no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.9 from the original
Tritanopia#6D5562no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.83:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.08:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 17.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 28Medium purple · ΔE 31.3Steel blue · ΔE 33.3Midnight blue · ΔE 33.3Slate blue · ΔE 34.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 17.89, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#63854D
Analogous#534D85, #854D7F
Triadic#856F4D, #4D856F
Split complementary#7F854D, #4D8553
Tetradic#85534D, #63854D, #4D7F85

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D2C2DC
Lighter +30%#BAA2C9
Lighter +20%#A282B6
Lighter +10%#8A61A4
Darker −10%#543A65
Darker −20%#392844
Darker −30%#1E1524
Darker −40%#030204
More saturated +25%#75339F
Less saturated −25%#69676B

Channel breakdown

R111
G77
B133
Red111 (43.5%)
Green77 (30.2%)
Blue133 (52.2%)
Hue276.43°
Saturation (HSL)26.67%
Lightness41.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6F · G 4D · B 85

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