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Recognised as Colour

#6339DC

  • #6339DC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6339DC is a violet with RGB values 99, 57, 220 and HSL 255°, 70%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6339DC#6339DC
HEX#6339DC
RGBrgb(99, 57, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.3882, 0.2235, 0.8627
RGB percentages38.8%, 22.4%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(255.5, 70%, 54.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255.5, 74.1%, 86.3%)
CMYK55%, 74.1%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,502,876
CSS custom property--colour: #6339DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10746WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness101.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.67:1
Contrast with white6.67:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4E4E4E
Inverted#9CC623

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0060E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0057D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.5 from the original
Tritanopia#2C6688no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 83.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.67:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.15:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 13Dark orchid · ΔE 18.7Dark violet · ΔE 20Medium blue · ΔE 22.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 23.6Dark blue · ΔE 26.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 13.02, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B2DC39
Analogous#3961DC, #B439DC
Triadic#DC6339, #39DC63
Split complementary#DCB439, #61DC39
Tetradic#DC3961, #B2DC39, #39DCB4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECE6FB
Lighter +30%#C9BBF3
Lighter +20%#A790EB
Lighter +10%#8564E4
Darker −10%#4B22C0
Darker −20%#3A1A95
Darker −30%#291369
Darker −40%#180B3E
More saturated +25%#551CF9
Less saturated −25%#7156BF

Channel breakdown

R99
G57
B220
Red99 (38.8%)
Green57 (22.4%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue255.46°
Saturation (HSL)69.96%
Lightness54.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 63 · G 39 · B DC

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