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Colour

#6200C4

  • #6200C4
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6200C4 is a violet with RGB values 98, 0, 196 and HSL 270°, 100%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6200C4#6200C4
HEX#6200C4
RGBrgb(98, 0, 196)
RGB (0–1)0.3843, 0, 0.7686
RGB percentages38.4%, 0%, 76.9%
HSLhsl(270, 100%, 38.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270, 100%, 76.9%)
CMYK50%, 100%, 0%, 23.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,422,724
CSS custom property--colour: #6200C4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06582WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness85.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.07:1
Contrast with white9.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#232323
Inverted#9DFF3B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004AC8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0046C1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.2 from the original
Tritanopia#424C72no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 81.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.07:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.6Dark violet · ΔE 13.2Medium blue · ΔE 16.4Dark orchid · ΔE 20.7Dark blue · ΔE 25.2Navy · ΔE 29.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.55, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#62C400
Analogous#0000C4, #C400C4
Triadic#C46200, #00C462
Split complementary#C4C400, #00C400
Tetradic#C40000, #62C400, #00C4C4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C891FF
Lighter +30%#AF5EFF
Lighter +20%#952BFF
Lighter +10%#7C00F7
Darker −10%#490091
Darker −20%#2F005E
Darker −30%#16002B
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#6200C4
Less saturated −25%#6218AC

Channel breakdown

R98
G0
B196
Red98 (38.4%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue196 (76.9%)
Hue270°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness38.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 62 · G 00 · B C4

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