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Recognised as Colour

#6402BF

  • #6402BF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6402BF is a violet with RGB values 100, 2, 191 and HSL 271°, 98%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6402BF#6402BF
HEX#6402BF
RGBrgb(100, 2, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.3922, 0.0078, 0.749
RGB percentages39.2%, 0.8%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(271.1, 97.9%, 37.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271.1, 99%, 74.9%)
CMYK47.6%, 99%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,554,303
CSS custom property--colour: #6402BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06514WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness84.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.12:1
Contrast with white9.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#242424
Inverted#9BFD40

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0049C3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0046BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.8 from the original
Tritanopia#49496Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 77.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.12:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.3:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.9Dark violet · ΔE 13.2Dark orchid · ΔE 18.6Medium blue · ΔE 18.8Dark blue · ΔE 23.6Indigo · ΔE 27.4
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.9, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5DBF02
Analogous#0502BF, #BF02BC
Triadic#BF6402, #02BF64
Split complementary#BCBF02, #02BF05
Tetradic#BF0502, #5DBF02, #02BCBF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C98FFE
Lighter +30%#B05DFD
Lighter +20%#972AFD
Lighter +10%#7E03F1
Darker −10%#4A018D
Darker −20%#2F015A
Darker −30%#150028
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#6400C1
Less saturated −25%#631AA7

Channel breakdown

R100
G2
B191
Red100 (39.2%)
Green2 (0.8%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue271.11°
Saturation (HSL)97.93%
Lightness37.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 64 · G 02 · B BF

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