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Recognised as Colour

#6007AA

  • #6007AA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#6007AA is a violet with RGB values 96, 7, 170 and HSL 273°, 92%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#6007AA#6007AA
HEX#6007AA
RGBrgb(96, 7, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0.0275, 0.6667
RGB percentages37.6%, 2.7%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(272.8, 92.1%, 34.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(272.8, 95.9%, 66.7%)
CMYK43.5%, 95.9%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,293,418
CSS custom property--colour: #6007AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05541WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness78 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.96:1
Contrast with white9.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#262626
Inverted#9FF855

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0042AEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0041A7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.9 from the original
Tritanopia#4D4163no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.96:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 16.4Indigo · ΔE 17.1Dark blue · ΔE 17.7Blue violet · ΔE 19Dark violet · ΔE 19.6Navy · ΔE 20.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 16.43, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#51AA07
Analogous#0F07AA, #AA07A2
Triadic#AA6007, #07AA60
Split complementary#A2AA07, #07AA0F
Tetradic#AA0F07, #51AA07, #07A2AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C483FA
Lighter +30%#AD52F8
Lighter +20%#9521F6
Lighter +10%#7C09DB
Darker −10%#440579
Darker −20%#290348
Darker −30%#0D0117
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#6100B1
Less saturated −25%#5E1D94

Channel breakdown

R96
G7
B170
Red96 (37.6%)
Green7 (2.7%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue272.76°
Saturation (HSL)92.09%
Lightness34.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 60 · G 07 · B AA

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