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Recognised as Colour

#6528FF

  • #6528FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue

#6528FF is a violet with RGB values 101, 40, 255 and HSL 257°, 100%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#6528FF#6528FF
HEX#6528FF
RGBrgb(101, 40, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.3961, 0.1569, 1
RGB percentages39.6%, 15.7%, 100%
HSLhsl(257, 100%, 57.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(257, 84.3%, 100%)
CMYK60.4%, 84.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,629,631
CSS custom property--colour: #6528FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11504WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness106.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.36:1
Contrast with white6.36:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#444444
Inverted#9AD700

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0065FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0058FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.4 from the original
Tritanopia#006E99no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 105.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.36:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.3:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 16.8Medium blue · ΔE 16.9Blue violet · ΔE 19.9Dark violet · ΔE 24Dark orchid · ΔE 35.3Dark blue · ΔE 43
Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 16.84, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C2FF28
Analogous#2857FF, #D128FF
Triadic#FF6528, #28FF65
Split complementary#FFD128, #57FF28
Tetradic#FF2856, #C2FF28, #28FFD0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F7F4FF
Lighter +30%#D3C1FF
Lighter +20%#AE8EFF
Lighter +10%#8A5BFF
Darker −10%#4500F4
Darker −20%#3700C1
Darker −30%#28008E
Darker −40%#1A005B
More saturated +25%#6528FF
Less saturated −25%#7143E4

Channel breakdown

R101
G40
B255
Red101 (39.6%)
Green40 (15.7%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue257.02°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness57.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 65 · G 28 · B FF

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