Colour

#6400F6

#6400F6
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue

#6400F6 is a violet with RGB values 100, 0, 246 and HSL 264°, 100%, 48%. 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.

Colour values

#6400F6#6400F6

HEX#6400F6

RGBrgb(100, 0, 246)

RGB (0–1)0.3922, 0, 0.9647

RGB percentages39.2%, 0%, 96.5%

HSLhsl(264.4, 100%, 48.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(264.4, 100%, 96.5%)

CMYK59.3%, 100%, 0%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,553,846

CSS custom property--colour: #6400F6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09363WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness99.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.31:1

Contrast with white7.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#272727

Inverted#9BFF09

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#005CFBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#0050F2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37 from the original

Tritanopia#006390no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 107.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 13.2 Medium blue · ΔE 17.4 Blue violet · ΔE 23.4 Dark violet · ΔE 25.4 Dark orchid · ΔE 38.6 Dark blue · ΔE 45.1

Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 13.25, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#92F600

Analogous#0017F6, #DF00F6

Triadic#F66400, #00F664

Split complementary#F6DF00, #17F600

Tetradic#F60017, #92F600, #00F6DF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#DBC3FF

Lighter +30%#BD90FF

Lighter +20%#9F5DFF

Lighter +10%#812AFF

Darker −10%#4F00C3

Darker −20%#3B0090

Darker −30%#26005D

Darker −40%#11002A

More saturated +25%#6400F6

Less saturated −25%#6A1FD7

Channel breakdown

R100

B246

Red100 (39.2%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue246 (96.5%)

Hue264.39°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness48.24%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 64 · G 00 · B F6

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