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Recognised as Colour

#6228DD

  • #6228DD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6228DD is a violet with RGB values 98, 40, 221 and HSL 259°, 73%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6228DD#6228DD
HEX#6228DD
RGBrgb(98, 40, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.3843, 0.1569, 0.8667
RGB percentages38.4%, 15.7%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(259.2, 72.7%, 51.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.2, 81.9%, 86.7%)
CMYK55.7%, 81.9%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,432,989
CSS custom property--colour: #6228DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09335WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness96.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.32:1
Contrast with white7.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#414141
Inverted#9DD722

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005AE2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0051DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31 from the original
Tritanopia#296085no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 89.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.32:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.9Medium blue · ΔE 15.7Dark violet · ΔE 16.2Dark orchid · ΔE 22.2Dark blue · ΔE 29Blue · ΔE 30.6
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.95, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A3DD28
Analogous#2849DD, #BC28DD
Triadic#DD6228, #28DD62
Split complementary#DDBC28, #49DD28
Tetradic#DD2849, #A3DD28, #28DDBC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E3D8F9
Lighter +30%#C2ACF2
Lighter +20%#A280EB
Lighter +10%#8254E4
Darker −10%#4E1DB5
Darker −20%#3B1689
Darker −30%#280F5D
Darker −40%#150831
More saturated +25%#5709FC
Less saturated −25%#6D47BE

Channel breakdown

R98
G40
B221
Red98 (38.4%)
Green40 (15.7%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue259.23°
Saturation (HSL)72.69%
Lightness51.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 62 · G 28 · B DD

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