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Recognised as Colour

#6509B0

  • #6509B0
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#6509B0 is a violet with RGB values 101, 9, 176 and HSL 273°, 90%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#6509B0#6509B0
HEX#6509B0
RGBrgb(101, 9, 176)
RGB (0–1)0.3961, 0.0353, 0.6902
RGB percentages39.6%, 3.5%, 69%
HSLhsl(273.1, 90.3%, 36.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.1, 94.9%, 69%)
CMYK42.6%, 94.9%, 0%, 31%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,621,616
CSS custom property--colour: #6509B0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06097WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness81.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.46:1
Contrast with white9.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#292929
Inverted#9AF64F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0045B4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0045ADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.7 from the original
Tritanopia#534367no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.46:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.22:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 15.3Blue violet · ΔE 16.7Dark violet · ΔE 17.3Indigo · ΔE 19.4Dark blue · ΔE 19.5Navy · ΔE 22.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 15.26, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#54B009
Analogous#1209B0, #B009A7
Triadic#B06509, #09B065
Split complementary#A7B009, #09B012
Tetradic#B01209, #54B009, #09A7B0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C88CF9
Lighter +30%#B15BF7
Lighter +20%#9A2BF4
Lighter +10%#810BE1
Darker −10%#49077F
Darker −20%#2D044F
Darker −30%#11021E
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#6600B9
Less saturated −25%#632099

Channel breakdown

R101
G9
B176
Red101 (39.6%)
Green9 (3.5%)
Blue176 (69%)
Hue273.05°
Saturation (HSL)90.27%
Lightness36.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 65 · G 09 · B B0

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