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Colour

#6500D0

  • #6500D0
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6500D0 is a violet with RGB values 101, 0, 208 and HSL 269°, 100%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6500D0#6500D0
HEX#6500D0
RGBrgb(101, 0, 208)
RGB (0–1)0.3961, 0, 0.8157
RGB percentages39.6%, 0%, 81.6%
HSLhsl(269.1, 100%, 40.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(269.1, 100%, 81.6%)
CMYK51.4%, 100%, 0%, 18.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,619,344
CSS custom property--colour: #6500D0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07321WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness89.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.52:1
Contrast with white8.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#242424
Inverted#9AFF2F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004FD5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0049CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.4 from the original
Tritanopia#405179no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 86.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.52:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.46:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.3Dark violet · ΔE 13.4Medium blue · ΔE 13.9Dark orchid · ΔE 23.9Blue · ΔE 28.5Dark blue · ΔE 29.7
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.3, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6BD000
Analogous#0003D0, #CD00D0
Triadic#D06500, #00D065
Split complementary#D0CD00, #03D000
Tetradic#D00003, #6BD000, #00D0CD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CD9DFF
Lighter +30%#B26AFF
Lighter +20%#9837FF
Lighter +10%#7E04FF
Darker −10%#4C009D
Darker −20%#33006A
Darker −30%#1B0037
Darker −40%#020004
More saturated +25%#6500D0
Less saturated −25%#661AB6

Channel breakdown

R101
G0
B208
Red101 (39.6%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue208 (81.6%)
Hue269.13°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness40.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 65 · G 00 · B D0

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