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Recognised as Colour

#6205FF

  • #6205FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue

#6205FF is a violet with RGB values 98, 5, 255 and HSL 262°, 100%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#6205FF#6205FF
HEX#6205FF
RGBrgb(98, 5, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.3843, 0.0196, 1
RGB percentages38.4%, 2%, 100%
HSLhsl(262.3, 100%, 51%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.3, 98%, 100%)
CMYK61.6%, 98%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,424,063
CSS custom property--colour: #6205FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09925WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness101.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.04:1
Contrast with white7.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B
Inverted#9DFA00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005FFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0051FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.7 from the original
Tritanopia#006896no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 110.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.04:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.99:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 10.7Medium blue · ΔE 19.9Blue violet · ΔE 26.7Dark violet · ΔE 28.7Dark orchid · ΔE 42Fuchsia · ΔE 47.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 10.74, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A2FF05
Analogous#0525FF, #DF05FF
Triadic#FF6205, #05FF62
Split complementary#FFDF05, #25FF05
Tetradic#FF0525, #A2FF05, #05FFDF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E2D1FF
Lighter +30%#C29EFF
Lighter +20%#A26BFF
Lighter +10%#8238FF
Darker −10%#4E00D1
Darker −20%#3B009E
Darker −30%#28006B
Darker −40%#150038
More saturated +25%#6205FF
Less saturated −25%#6A24E0

Channel breakdown

R98
G5
B255
Red98 (38.4%)
Green5 (2%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue262.32°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness50.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 62 · G 05 · B FF

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