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Recognised as Colour

#6000C7

  • #6000C7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6000C7 is a violet with RGB values 96, 0, 199 and HSL 269°, 100%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6000C7#6000C7
HEX#6000C7
RGBrgb(96, 0, 199)
RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0, 0.7804
RGB percentages37.6%, 0%, 78%
HSLhsl(268.9, 100%, 39%)
HSV / HSBhsv(268.9, 100%, 78%)
CMYK51.8%, 100%, 0%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,291,655
CSS custom property--colour: #6000C7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0661WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness85.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.04:1
Contrast with white9.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#232323
Inverted#9FFF38

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004BCBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0045C4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.9 from the original
Tritanopia#3C4D74no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 83.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.04:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.8Dark violet · ΔE 13.7Medium blue · ΔE 14.9Dark orchid · ΔE 22.1Dark blue · ΔE 26.2Navy · ΔE 30.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.77, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#67C700
Analogous#0004C7, #C300C7
Triadic#C76000, #00C760
Split complementary#C7C400, #04C700
Tetradic#C70004, #67C700, #00C7C3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C894FF
Lighter +30%#AD61FF
Lighter +20%#932EFF
Lighter +10%#7900FA
Darker −10%#470094
Darker −20%#2F0061
Darker −30%#16002E
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#6000C7
Less saturated −25%#6119AE

Channel breakdown

R96
G0
B199
Red96 (37.6%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue199 (78%)
Hue268.94°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness39.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 60 · G 00 · B C7

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