Recognised as Colour

#6516EB

#6516EB
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#6516EB is a violet with RGB values 101, 22, 235 and HSL 262°, 84%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#6516EB#6516EB

HEX#6516EB

RGBrgb(101, 22, 235)

RGB (0–1)0.3961, 0.0863, 0.9216

RGB percentages39.6%, 8.6%, 92.2%

HSLhsl(262.3, 84.2%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(262.3, 90.6%, 92.2%)

CMYK57%, 90.6%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,625,003

CSS custom property--colour: #6516EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09339WCAG 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 7.32:1

Contrast with white7.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#363636

Inverted#9AE914

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#005BF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39 from the original

Deuteranopia#0050E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.4 from the original

Tritanopia#20618Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 99.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 13.6 Blue violet · ΔE 16 Dark violet · ΔE 19.2 Blue · ΔE 19.9 Dark orchid · ΔE 31.1 Dark blue · ΔE 38

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 13.56, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9CEB16

Analogous#1631EB, #D016EB

Triadic#EB6516, #16EB65

Split complementary#EBD016, #31EB16

Tetradic#EB1631, #9CEB16, #16EBD0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E1D2FB

Lighter +30%#C2A3F7

Lighter +20%#A374F3

Lighter +10%#8445EF

Darker −10%#5110BE

Darker −20%#3D0C8F

Darker −30%#290860

Darker −40%#150431

More saturated +25%#6002FF

Less saturated −25%#6D36CB

Channel breakdown

R101

G22

B235

Red101 (39.6%)

Green22 (8.6%)

Blue235 (92.2%)

Hue262.25°

Saturation (HSL)84.19%

Lightness50.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 65 · G 16 · B EB

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