Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#6003FF

  • #6003FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue

#6003FF is a violet with RGB values 96, 3, 255 and HSL 262°, 100%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#6003FF#6003FF
HEX#6003FF
RGBrgb(96, 3, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0.0118, 1
RGB percentages37.6%, 1.2%, 100%
HSLhsl(262.1, 100%, 50.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.1, 98.8%, 100%)
CMYK62.4%, 98.8%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,292,479
CSS custom property--colour: #6003FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09772WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness100.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.11:1
Contrast with white7.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#292929
Inverted#9FFC00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005FFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0050FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.3 from the original
Tritanopia#006896no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 111.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.11:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.95:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 10.2Medium blue · ΔE 20Blue violet · ΔE 27.2Dark violet · ΔE 29.2Dark orchid · ΔE 42.5Fuchsia · ΔE 47.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 10.22, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A2FF03
Analogous#0324FF, #DE03FF
Triadic#FF6003, #03FF60
Split complementary#FFDE03, #24FF03
Tetradic#FF0324, #A2FF03, #03FFDE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E1CFFF
Lighter +30%#C19CFF
Lighter +20%#A069FF
Lighter +10%#8036FF
Darker −10%#4C00CF
Darker −20%#3A009C
Darker −30%#270069
Darker −40%#140036
More saturated +25%#6003FF
Less saturated −25%#6822E0

Channel breakdown

R96
G3
B255
Red96 (37.6%)
Green3 (1.2%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue262.14°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness50.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 60 · G 03 · B FF

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “6003ff” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.