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Recognised as Colour

#6000B1

  • #6000B1
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6000B1 is a violet with RGB values 96, 0, 177 and HSL 273°, 100%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6000B1#6000B1
HEX#6000B1
RGBrgb(96, 0, 177)
RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0, 0.6941
RGB percentages37.6%, 0%, 69.4%
HSLhsl(272.5, 100%, 34.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(272.5, 100%, 69.4%)
CMYK45.8%, 100%, 0%, 30.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,291,633
CSS custom property--colour: #6000B1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05661WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness79.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.85:1
Contrast with white9.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#212121
Inverted#9FFF4E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0044B5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0041AEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.9 from the original
Tritanopia#4A4366no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.85:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 16Dark violet · ΔE 16.6Dark orchid · ΔE 17.2Dark blue · ΔE 19.4Indigo · ΔE 21.4Navy · ΔE 23.1
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 15.99, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#51B100
Analogous#0800B1, #B100A9
Triadic#B16000, #00B160
Split complementary#A9B100, #00B108
Tetradic#B10800, #51B100, #00A9B1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C47EFF
Lighter +30%#AD4BFF
Lighter +20%#9518FF
Lighter +10%#7C00E4
Darker −10%#44007E
Darker −20%#29004B
Darker −30%#0D0018
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#6000B1
Less saturated −25%#5E169B

Channel breakdown

R96
G0
B177
Red96 (37.6%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue177 (69.4%)
Hue272.54°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness34.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 60 · G 00 · B B1

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