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Recognised as Colour

#6108BB

  • #6108BB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6108BB is a violet with RGB values 97, 8, 187 and HSL 270°, 92%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6108BB#6108BB
HEX#6108BB
RGBrgb(97, 8, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.3804, 0.0314, 0.7333
RGB percentages38%, 3.1%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(269.8, 91.8%, 38.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(269.8, 95.7%, 73.3%)
CMYK48.1%, 95.7%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,359,227
CSS custom property--colour: #6108BB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06303WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness82.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.29:1
Contrast with white9.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#282828
Inverted#9EF744

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0048BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0045B8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.6 from the original
Tritanopia#46496Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.29:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 13.2Dark violet · ΔE 14.8Dark orchid · ΔE 17.8Medium blue · ΔE 20.2Dark blue · ΔE 21.5Indigo · ΔE 25
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 13.25, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#62BB08
Analogous#0808BB, #BB08BB
Triadic#BB6108, #08BB61
Split complementary#BBBA08, #09BB08
Tetradic#BB0808, #62BB08, #08BBBB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C795FA
Lighter +30%#AE64F8
Lighter +20%#9433F6
Lighter +10%#7A0AEC
Darker −10%#48068A
Darker −20%#2E0459
Darker −30%#150228
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#6100C3
Less saturated −25%#6120A3

Channel breakdown

R97
G8
B187
Red97 (38%)
Green8 (3.1%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue269.83°
Saturation (HSL)91.79%
Lightness38.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 61 · G 08 · B BB

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