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Recognised as Colour

#6100EE

  • #6100EE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#6100EE is a violet with RGB values 97, 0, 238 and HSL 264°, 100%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#6100EE#6100EE
HEX#6100EE
RGBrgb(97, 0, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.3804, 0, 0.9333
RGB percentages38%, 0%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(264.5, 100%, 46.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264.5, 100%, 93.3%)
CMYK59.2%, 100%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,357,230
CSS custom property--colour: #6100EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08714WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness96.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.66:1
Contrast with white7.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#262626
Inverted#9EFF11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0058F3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#004DEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00608Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 104.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.66:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.74:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 14.8Blue · ΔE 15.4Blue violet · ΔE 20.8Dark violet · ΔE 23Dark orchid · ΔE 35.9Dark blue · ΔE 41.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 14.76, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8DEE00
Analogous#0016EE, #D800EE
Triadic#EE6100, #00EE61
Split complementary#EED800, #16EE00
Tetradic#EE0016, #8DEE00, #00EED8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D7BBFF
Lighter +30%#B888FF
Lighter +20%#9A55FF
Lighter +10%#7C22FF
Darker −10%#4C00BB
Darker −20%#370088
Darker −30%#230055
Darker −40%#0E0022
More saturated +25%#6100EE
Less saturated −25%#661ED0

Channel breakdown

R97
G0
B238
Red97 (38%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue264.45°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness46.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 61 · G 00 · B EE

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