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Recognised as Colour

#6424EC

  • #6424EC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6424EC is a violet with RGB values 100, 36, 236 and HSL 259°, 84%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6424EC#6424EC
HEX#6424EC
RGBrgb(100, 36, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.3922, 0.1412, 0.9255
RGB percentages39.2%, 14.1%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(259.2, 84%, 53.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.2, 84.7%, 92.5%)
CMYK57.6%, 84.7%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,563,052
CSS custom property--colour: #6424EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10027WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness100.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.99:1
Contrast with white6.99:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#404040
Inverted#9BDB13

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005EF1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0053E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.1 from the original
Tritanopia#17658Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 98 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.99:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.01:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 13.6Medium blue · ΔE 13.8Dark violet · ΔE 18.5Blue · ΔE 22.8Dark orchid · ΔE 28.6Dark blue · ΔE 35.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 13.62, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ACEC24
Analogous#2448EC, #C824EC
Triadic#EC6424, #24EC64
Split complementary#ECC824, #48EC24
Tetradic#EC2448, #ACEC24, #24ECC8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E9E0FC
Lighter +30%#C8B1F8
Lighter +20%#A682F4
Lighter +10%#8553F0
Darker −10%#4D12CB
Darker −20%#3B0E9C
Darker −30%#2A096E
Darker −40%#18053F
More saturated +25%#5D11FF
Less saturated −25%#6F42CE

Channel breakdown

R100
G36
B236
Red100 (39.2%)
Green36 (14.1%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue259.2°
Saturation (HSL)84.03%
Lightness53.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 64 · G 24 · B EC

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