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Recognised as Colour

#6000CB

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

#6000CB is a violet with RGB values 96, 0, 203 and HSL 268°, 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

#6000CB#6000CB
HEX#6000CB
RGBrgb(96, 0, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0, 0.7961
RGB percentages37.6%, 0%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(268.4, 100%, 39.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(268.4, 100%, 79.6%)
CMYK52.7%, 100%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,291,659
CSS custom property--colour: #6000CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06799WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness86.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.9:1
Contrast with white8.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#232323
Inverted#9FFF34

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004CD0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0046C8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36 from the original
Tritanopia#384F76no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 86 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.9:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.9Medium blue · ΔE 13.8Dark violet · ΔE 14Dark orchid · ΔE 23.3Dark blue · ΔE 27.7Blue · ΔE 29.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.85, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6BCB00
Analogous#0005CB, #C600CB
Triadic#CB6000, #00CB60
Split complementary#CBC600, #05CB00
Tetradic#CB0005, #6BCB00, #00CBC6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C998FF
Lighter +30%#AE65FF
Lighter +20%#9332FF
Lighter +10%#7800FE
Darker −10%#480098
Darker −20%#300065
Darker −30%#180032
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#6000CB
Less saturated −25%#6119B2

Channel breakdown

R96
G0
B203
Red96 (37.6%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue268.37°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness39.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 60 · G 00 · B CB

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