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Recognised as Colour

#6F5489

  • #6F5489
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#6F5489 is a violet with RGB values 111, 84, 137 and HSL 271°, 24%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#6F5489#6F5489
HEX#6F5489
RGBrgb(111, 84, 137)
RGB (0–1)0.4353, 0.3294, 0.5373
RGB percentages43.5%, 32.9%, 53.7%
HSLhsl(270.6, 24%, 43.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.6, 38.7%, 53.7%)
CMYK19%, 38.7%, 0%, 46.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,296,137
CSS custom property--colour: #6F5489;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11526WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness99.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.35:1
Contrast with white6.35:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E
Inverted#90AB76

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#495E8Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#4F6088no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original
Tritanopia#6B5C68no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.35:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.31:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 19.7Steel blue · ΔE 29.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 31Slate grey · ΔE 31.1Medium purple · ΔE 32.2Light slate grey · ΔE 32.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 19.67, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6E8954
Analogous#555489, #895489
Triadic#896F54, #54896F
Split complementary#898954, #548954
Tetradic#895454, #6E8954, #548989

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D5CADF
Lighter +30%#BBABCB
Lighter +20%#A28BB8
Lighter +10%#896BA5
Darker −10%#554169
Darker −20%#3C2D4A
Darker −30%#221A2A
Darker −40%#09060B
More saturated +25%#7038A5
Less saturated −25%#6F6F6F

Channel breakdown

R111
G84
B137
Red111 (43.5%)
Green84 (32.9%)
Blue137 (53.7%)
Hue270.57°
Saturation (HSL)23.98%
Lightness43.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6F · G 54 · B 89

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