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Recognised as Colour

#6336CD

  • #6336CD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#6336CD is a violet with RGB values 99, 54, 205 and HSL 258°, 60%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#6336CD#6336CD
HEX#6336CD
RGBrgb(99, 54, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.3882, 0.2118, 0.8039
RGB percentages38.8%, 21.2%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(257.9, 60.2%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(257.9, 73.7%, 80.4%)
CMYK51.7%, 73.7%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,502,093
CSS custom property--colour: #6336CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09699WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness97.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.14:1
Contrast with white7.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A
Inverted#9CC932

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005BD1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0054CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.7 from the original
Tritanopia#3C5F7Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.14:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.94:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 16.3Blue violet · ΔE 16.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 20.9Dark violet · ΔE 21.8Dark blue · ΔE 23Slate blue · ΔE 24.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 16.25, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A0CD36
Analogous#3654CD, #AF36CD
Triadic#CD6336, #36CD63
Split complementary#CDAF36, #55CD36
Tetradic#CD3654, #A0CD36, #36CDAF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E2D9F6
Lighter +30%#C2B1EB
Lighter +20%#A288E1
Lighter +10%#835FD7
Darker −10%#4F29A7
Darker −20%#3B1F7E
Darker −30%#281555
Darker −40%#150B2C
More saturated +25%#5617EC
Less saturated −25%#7055AE

Channel breakdown

R99
G54
B205
Red99 (38.8%)
Green54 (21.2%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue257.88°
Saturation (HSL)60.16%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 63 · G 36 · B CD

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