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Recognised as Colour

#6100C9

  • #6100C9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6100C9 is a violet with RGB values 97, 0, 201 and HSL 269°, 100%, 39%. 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

#6100C9#6100C9
HEX#6100C9
RGBrgb(97, 0, 201)
RGB (0–1)0.3804, 0, 0.7882
RGB percentages38%, 0%, 78.8%
HSLhsl(269, 100%, 39.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(269, 100%, 78.8%)
CMYK51.7%, 100%, 0%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,357,193
CSS custom property--colour: #6100C9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06758WCAG 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 8.93:1
Contrast with white8.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#232323
Inverted#9EFF36

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004CCEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0046C6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.3 from the original
Tritanopia#3C4E75no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 84.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.93:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.35:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.6Dark violet · ΔE 13.6Medium blue · ΔE 14.6Dark orchid · ΔE 22.5Dark blue · ΔE 27Blue · ΔE 31
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.58, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#68C900
Analogous#0003C9, #C600C9
Triadic#C96100, #00C961
Split complementary#C9C500, #04C900
Tetradic#C90003, #68C900, #00C9C6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C996FF
Lighter +30%#AE63FF
Lighter +20%#9430FF
Lighter +10%#7A00FC
Darker −10%#480096
Darker −20%#300063
Darker −30%#170030
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#6100C9
Less saturated −25%#6219B0

Channel breakdown

R97
G0
B201
Red97 (38%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue201 (78.8%)
Hue268.96°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness39.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 61 · G 00 · B C9

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