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Recognised as Colour

#6137DB

  • #6137DB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6137DB is a violet with RGB values 97, 55, 219 and HSL 255°, 69%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6137DB#6137DB
HEX#6137DB
RGBrgb(97, 55, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.3804, 0.2157, 0.8588
RGB percentages38%, 21.6%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(255.4, 69.5%, 53.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255.4, 74.9%, 85.9%)
CMYK55.7%, 74.9%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,371,291
CSS custom property--colour: #6137DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10388WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness100.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.82:1
Contrast with white6.82:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4C4C4C
Inverted#9EC824

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005FE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0056D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.7 from the original
Tritanopia#276587no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 84.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.82:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.08:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 12.9Dark orchid · ΔE 19Dark violet · ΔE 19.8Medium blue · ΔE 22Medium slateblue · ΔE 24.4Dark blue · ΔE 26.2
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 12.85, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B1DB37
Analogous#375FDB, #B337DB
Triadic#DB6137, #37DB61
Split complementary#DBB337, #5FDB37
Tetradic#DB375F, #B1DB37, #37DBB3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EAE4FA
Lighter +30%#C7B9F2
Lighter +20%#A58DEB
Lighter +10%#8362E3
Darker −10%#4A22BD
Darker −20%#391A92
Darker −30%#281267
Darker −40%#170B3B
More saturated +25%#5319F9
Less saturated −25%#6F55BE

Channel breakdown

R97
G55
B219
Red97 (38%)
Green55 (21.6%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue255.37°
Saturation (HSL)69.49%
Lightness53.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 61 · G 37 · B DB

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