#661699

A dark, vivid purple closely aligning with Indigo.

About #661699

When working with digital screens, the color #661699 is rendered by mixing light. Designers often compare it to the standard color Indigo. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 102, 22, and 153.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. The color uses 33% Cyan, 86% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 40% Black. The HSL representation is 276.6° hue, 74.9% saturation, and 34.3% lightness.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. To prevent eye strain, #FFFFFF text pairs best with this hex code. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#661699
RGB102, 22, 153
HSL276.6°, 74.9%, 34.3%
CMYK33%, 86%, 0%, 40%
HSV276.6°, 85.6%, 60.0%
LAB28.6, 55.0, -54.1
XYZ11.5, 5.7, 30.6
Decimal6690457

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

9.81:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AAA
2.14:1
Text on #000000
FAIL
9.38:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AAA
1.82:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #661699; }
.text-color { color: #661699; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #661699; }

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