Recognised as Colour

#906ED7

#906ED7
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#906ED7 is a violet with RGB values 144, 110, 215 and HSL 259°, 57%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#906ED7

RGBrgb(144, 110, 215)

RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0.4314, 0.8431

RGB percentages56.5%, 43.1%, 84.3%

HSLhsl(259.4, 56.8%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(259.4, 48.8%, 84.3%)

CMYK33%, 48.8%, 0%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,465,559

CSS custom property--colour: #906ED7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21987WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness136.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.4:1

Contrast with white3.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.4:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D

Inverted#6F9128

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4982DBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#5180D4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.2 from the original

Tritanopia#808298no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.89:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 1.4 Slate blue · ΔE 12.1 Medium slateblue · ΔE 16.9 Royal blue · ΔE 19.7 Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.3 Medium orchid · ΔE 23

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 1.37, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B5D76E

Analogous#6E81D7, #C46ED7

Triadic#D7906E, #6ED790

Split complementary#D7C46E, #81D76E

Tetradic#D76E81, #B5D76E, #6ED7C4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#ECE6F8

Lighter +20%#CDBEED

Lighter +10%#AF96E2

Darker −10%#7146CC

Darker −20%#5930AF

Darker −30%#452587

Darker −40%#301A5F

More saturated +25%#8857EE

Less saturated −25%#9885C0

Channel breakdown

R144

G110

B215

Red144 (56.5%)

Green110 (43.1%)

Blue215 (84.3%)

Hue259.43°

Saturation (HSL)56.76%

Lightness63.73%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 90 · G 6E · B D7

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