Recognised as Colour

#6508FA

#6508FA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue

#6508FA is a violet with RGB values 101, 8, 250 and HSL 263°, 96%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#6508FA#6508FA

HEX#6508FA

RGBrgb(101, 8, 250)

RGB (0–1)0.3961, 0.0314, 0.9804

RGB percentages39.6%, 3.1%, 98%

HSLhsl(263.1, 96%, 50.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(263.1, 96.8%, 98%)

CMYK59.6%, 96.8%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,621,434

CSS custom property--colour: #6508FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09842WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness101.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.07:1

Contrast with white7.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D

Inverted#9AF705

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#005EFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#0052F6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.7 from the original

Tritanopia#006693no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 108.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.97:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 12.8 Medium blue · ΔE 18.1 Blue violet · ΔE 23.9 Dark violet · ΔE 26 Dark orchid · ΔE 39.2 Dark blue · ΔE 46

Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 12.85, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9DFA08

Analogous#0824FA, #DE08FA

Triadic#FA6508, #08FA65

Split complementary#FADE08, #24FA08

Tetradic#FA0824, #9DFA08, #08FADE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E2D0FE

Lighter +30%#C29EFD

Lighter +20%#A36CFC

Lighter +10%#843AFB

Darker −10%#5004CB

Darker −20%#3D0399

Darker −30%#290267

Darker −40%#150135

More saturated +25%#6403FF

Less saturated −25%#6C28DB

Channel breakdown

R101

B250

Red101 (39.6%)

Green8 (3.1%)

Blue250 (98%)

Hue263.06°

Saturation (HSL)96.03%

Lightness50.59%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 65 · G 08 · B FA

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