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Recognised as Colour

#6435FF

  • #6435FF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6435FF is a blue with RGB values 100, 53, 255 and HSL 254°, 100%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6435FF#6435FF
HEX#6435FF
RGBrgb(100, 53, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.3922, 0.2078, 1
RGB percentages39.2%, 20.8%, 100%
HSLhsl(254, 100%, 60.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(254, 79.2%, 100%)
CMYK60.8%, 79.2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,567,423
CSS custom property--colour: #6435FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12476WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness109.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.01:1
Contrast with white6.01:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4E4E4E
Inverted#9BCA00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0069FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#005CFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00739Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 102.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.01:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.5:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 16.9Medium blue · ΔE 17.1Blue · ΔE 21.6Dark violet · ΔE 22.7Dark orchid · ΔE 31.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 39.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 16.93, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D0FF35
Analogous#356BFF, #C935FF
Triadic#FF6435, #35FF64
Split complementary#FFC935, #6BFF35
Tetradic#FF356B, #D0FF35, #35FFC9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D9CEFF
Lighter +20%#B29BFF
Lighter +10%#8B68FF
Darker −10%#3D02FF
Darker −20%#3000CE
Darker −30%#24009B
Darker −40%#180068
More saturated +25%#6435FF
Less saturated −25%#714EE6

Channel breakdown

R100
G53
B255
Red100 (39.2%)
Green53 (20.8%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue253.96°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness60.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 64 · G 35 · B FF

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