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Recognised as Colour

#6520DB

  • #6520DB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6520DB is a violet with RGB values 101, 32, 219 and HSL 262°, 75%, 49%. 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 violet.

Colour values

#6520DB#6520DB
HEX#6520DB
RGBrgb(101, 32, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.3961, 0.1255, 0.8588
RGB percentages39.6%, 12.5%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(262.1, 74.5%, 49.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.1, 85.4%, 85.9%)
CMYK53.9%, 85.4%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,627,547
CSS custom property--colour: #6520DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08914WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness95.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.55:1
Contrast with white7.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C
Inverted#9ADF24

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0058E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0050D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.7 from the original
Tritanopia#355C83no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 88.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.55:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.78:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.5Dark violet · ΔE 14.8Medium blue · ΔE 14.8Dark orchid · ΔE 22.7Blue · ΔE 29.2Dark blue · ΔE 29.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.55, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#96DB20
Analogous#2039DB, #C320DB
Triadic#DB6520, #20DB65
Split complementary#DBC220, #39DB20
Tetradic#DB2038, #96DB20, #20DBC2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DECFF8
Lighter +30%#C0A3F1
Lighter +20%#A176EB
Lighter +10%#834AE4
Darker −10%#5019AF
Darker −20%#3C1382
Darker −30%#270C56
Darker −40%#130629
More saturated +25%#5D01FA
Less saturated −25%#6D3FBC

Channel breakdown

R101
G32
B219
Red101 (39.6%)
Green32 (12.5%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue262.14°
Saturation (HSL)74.5%
Lightness49.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 65 · G 20 · B DB

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