Colour

#6500F0

#6500F0
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue

#6500F0 is a violet with RGB values 101, 0, 240 and HSL 265°, 100%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#6500F0#6500F0

HEX#6500F0

RGBrgb(101, 0, 240)

RGB (0–1)0.3961, 0, 0.9412

RGB percentages39.6%, 0%, 94.1%

HSLhsl(265.3, 100%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(265.3, 100%, 94.1%)

CMYK57.9%, 100%, 0%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,619,376

CSS custom property--colour: #6500F0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09058WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness98.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.47:1

Contrast with white7.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#272727

Inverted#9AFF0F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#005AF5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#004FECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.1 from the original

Tritanopia#15618Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 104.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.81:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 15.4 Medium blue · ΔE 15.7 Blue violet · ΔE 20.9 Dark violet · ΔE 22.9 Dark orchid · ΔE 36.1 Dark blue · ΔE 42.6

Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 15.44, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#8BF000

Analogous#0013F0, #DD00F0

Triadic#F06500, #00F065

Split complementary#F0DD00, #13F000

Tetradic#F00013, #8BF000, #00F0DD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#D9BDFF

Lighter +30%#BB8AFF

Lighter +20%#9E57FF

Lighter +10%#8024FF

Darker −10%#5000BD

Darker −20%#3A008A

Darker −30%#250057

Darker −40%#0F0024

More saturated +25%#6500F0

Less saturated −25%#6A1ED2

Channel breakdown

R101

B240

Red101 (39.6%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue240 (94.1%)

Hue265.25°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness47.06%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 65 · G 00 · B F0

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