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Recognised as Colour

#6436D3

  • #6436D3
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6436D3 is a violet with RGB values 100, 54, 211 and HSL 258°, 64%, 52%. 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

#6436D3#6436D3
HEX#6436D3
RGBrgb(100, 54, 211)
RGB (0–1)0.3922, 0.2118, 0.8275
RGB percentages39.2%, 21.2%, 82.7%
HSLhsl(257.6, 64.1%, 52%)
HSV / HSBhsv(257.6, 74.4%, 82.7%)
CMYK52.6%, 74.4%, 0%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,567,635
CSS custom property--colour: #6436D3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10051WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness98.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.98:1
Contrast with white6.98:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4B4B4B
Inverted#9BC92C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005CD7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0055D0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.8 from the original
Tritanopia#396182no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.98:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.01:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 14.2Dark orchid · ΔE 16.8Dark violet · ΔE 20.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 22.4Dark blue · ΔE 24.4Medium blue · ΔE 24.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 14.17, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A5D336
Analogous#3657D3, #B236D3
Triadic#D36436, #36D364
Split complementary#D3B336, #56D336
Tetradic#D33657, #A5D336, #36D3B2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E5DDF8
Lighter +30%#C5B4EE
Lighter +20%#A58AE5
Lighter +10%#8460DC
Darker −10%#4F26B0
Darker −20%#3C1D86
Darker −30%#29145C
Darker −40%#160B32
More saturated +25%#5717F2
Less saturated −25%#7155B4

Channel breakdown

R100
G54
B211
Red100 (39.2%)
Green54 (21.2%)
Blue211 (82.7%)
Hue257.58°
Saturation (HSL)64.08%
Lightness51.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 64 · G 36 · B D3

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