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Recognised as Colour

#6000CA

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

#6000CA is a violet with RGB values 96, 0, 202 and HSL 269°, 100%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6000CA#6000CA
HEX#6000CA
RGBrgb(96, 0, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0, 0.7922
RGB percentages37.6%, 0%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(268.5, 100%, 39.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(268.5, 100%, 79.2%)
CMYK52.5%, 100%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,291,658
CSS custom property--colour: #6000CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06751WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness86.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.94:1
Contrast with white8.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#232323
Inverted#9FFF35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004CCFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0046C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.2 from the original
Tritanopia#394F76no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 85.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.94:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.35:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.8Dark violet · ΔE 13.9Medium blue · ΔE 14Dark orchid · ΔE 23Dark blue · ΔE 27.3Blue · ΔE 30.3
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.8, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6ACA00
Analogous#0005CA, #C500CA
Triadic#CA6000, #00CA60
Split complementary#CAC500, #05CA00
Tetradic#CA0005, #6ACA00, #00CAC5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C897FF
Lighter +30%#AE64FF
Lighter +20%#9331FF
Lighter +10%#7800FD
Darker −10%#480097
Darker −20%#300064
Darker −30%#170031
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#6000CA
Less saturated −25%#6119B1

Channel breakdown

R96
G0
B202
Red96 (37.6%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue268.51°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness39.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 60 · G 00 · B CA

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