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Recognised as Colour

#6138D7

  • #6138D7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6138D7 is a violet with RGB values 97, 56, 215 and HSL 255°, 67%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6138D7#6138D7
HEX#6138D7
RGBrgb(97, 56, 215)
RGB (0–1)0.3804, 0.2196, 0.8431
RGB percentages38%, 22%, 84.3%
HSLhsl(255.5, 66.5%, 53.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255.5, 74%, 84.3%)
CMYK54.9%, 74%, 0%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,371,543
CSS custom property--colour: #6138D7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10276WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness99.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.87:1
Contrast with white6.87:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4C4C4C
Inverted#9EC728

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005EDCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30 from the original
Deuteranopia#0056D4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.7 from the original
Tritanopia#2C6485no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 81.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.87:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.06:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 14.2Dark orchid · ΔE 18.1Dark violet · ΔE 20.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 22.6Medium blue · ΔE 24Dark blue · ΔE 25.1
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 14.25, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AED738
Analogous#385ED7, #B138D7
Triadic#D76138, #38D761
Split complementary#D7B038, #5FD738
Tetradic#D7385E, #AED738, #38D7B1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E8E2F9
Lighter +30%#C6B7F1
Lighter +20%#A48DE8
Lighter +10%#8362E0
Darker −10%#4B25B7
Darker −20%#391C8D
Darker −30%#281462
Darker −40%#170B38
More saturated +25%#531AF5
Less saturated −25%#6F56B9

Channel breakdown

R97
G56
B215
Red97 (38%)
Green56 (22%)
Blue215 (84.3%)
Hue255.47°
Saturation (HSL)66.53%
Lightness53.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 61 · G 38 · B D7

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