#6D42A0

A medium, moderate purple closely aligning with Rebeccapurple.

About #6D42A0

At its core, #6D42A0 is a medium and moderate hue. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Rebeccapurple. Its digital footprint relies on 109 parts red, 66 parts green, and 160 parts blue light.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 32% cyan and 59% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 267.4° hue, 41.6% saturation, and 44.3% lightness.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Because it is a medium color, it is generally recommended to use #FFFFFF text. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#6D42A0
RGB109, 66, 160
HSL267.4°, 41.6%, 44.3%
CMYK32%, 59%, 0%, 37%
HSV267.4°, 58.7%, 62.7%
LAB37.3, 38.2, -44.3
XYZ14.6, 9.7, 34.4
Decimal7160480

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

7.15:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AAA
2.94:1
Text on #000000
FAIL
6.83:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA
2.50:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #6D42A0; }
.text-color { color: #6D42A0; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #6D42A0; }

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