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Recognised as Colour

#6103CB

  • #6103CB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6103CB is a violet with RGB values 97, 3, 203 and HSL 268°, 97%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6103CB#6103CB
HEX#6103CB
RGBrgb(97, 3, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.3804, 0.0118, 0.7961
RGB percentages38%, 1.2%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(268.2, 97.1%, 40.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(268.2, 98.5%, 79.6%)
CMYK52.2%, 98.5%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,357,963
CSS custom property--colour: #6103CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06918WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness86.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.81:1
Contrast with white8.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#252525
Inverted#9EFC34

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004DD0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0047C8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.2 from the original
Tritanopia#3B5076no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 85.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.81:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.4Dark violet · ΔE 13.7Medium blue · ΔE 14.2Dark orchid · ΔE 22.7Dark blue · ΔE 27.4Blue · ΔE 30.4
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.43, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6DCB03
Analogous#0309CB, #C503CB
Triadic#CB6103, #03CB61
Split complementary#CBC503, #09CB03
Tetradic#CB0309, #6DCB03, #03CBC5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CA9CFE
Lighter +30%#AF6AFD
Lighter +20%#9438FC
Lighter +10%#7906FB
Darker −10%#490299
Darker −20%#310266
Darker −30%#190134
Darker −40%#010002
More saturated +25%#6100CE
Less saturated −25%#631DB1

Channel breakdown

R97
G3
B203
Red97 (38%)
Green3 (1.2%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue268.2°
Saturation (HSL)97.09%
Lightness40.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 61 · G 03 · B CB

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