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Recognised as Colour

#6516CA

  • #6516CA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6516CA is a violet with RGB values 101, 22, 202 and HSL 266°, 80%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6516CA#6516CA
HEX#6516CA
RGBrgb(101, 22, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.3961, 0.0863, 0.7922
RGB percentages39.6%, 8.6%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(266.3, 80.4%, 43.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.3, 89.1%, 79.2%)
CMYK50%, 89.1%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,624,970
CSS custom property--colour: #6516CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07605WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness89.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.33:1
Contrast with white8.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#343434
Inverted#9AE935

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0050CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#004BC7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.7 from the original
Tritanopia#445277no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 81 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.33:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.52:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.9Dark violet · ΔE 13.4Medium blue · ΔE 17.6Dark orchid · ΔE 18.9Dark blue · ΔE 25.2Navy · ΔE 29.6
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.89, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7BCA16
Analogous#1621CA, #BF16CA
Triadic#CA6516, #16CA65
Split complementary#CABF16, #21CA16
Tetradic#CA1621, #7BCA16, #16CABF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D2B5F7
Lighter +30%#B687F2
Lighter +20%#9A59ED
Lighter +10%#7E2BE8
Darker −10%#4E119C
Darker −20%#370C6E
Darker −30%#200740
Darker −40%#090212
More saturated +25%#6200E0
Less saturated −25%#6832AE

Channel breakdown

R101
G22
B202
Red101 (39.6%)
Green22 (8.6%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue266.33°
Saturation (HSL)80.36%
Lightness43.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 65 · G 16 · B CA

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