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Recognised as Colour

#6539D6

  • #6539D6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6539D6 is a violet with RGB values 101, 57, 214 and HSL 257°, 66%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6539D6#6539D6
HEX#6539D6
RGBrgb(101, 57, 214)
RGB (0–1)0.3961, 0.2235, 0.8392
RGB percentages39.6%, 22.4%, 83.9%
HSLhsl(256.8, 65.7%, 53.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(256.8, 73.4%, 83.9%)
CMYK52.8%, 73.4%, 0%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,633,942
CSS custom property--colour: #6539D6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10548WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness100.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.75:1
Contrast with white6.75:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4E4E4E
Inverted#9AC629

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005FDBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0057D3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.4 from the original
Tritanopia#386485no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.75:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.11:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 14.4Dark orchid · ΔE 17Dark violet · ΔE 20.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 21.6Dark blue · ΔE 25.2Medium blue · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 14.36, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AAD639
Analogous#395CD6, #B339D6
Triadic#D66539, #39D665
Split complementary#D6B339, #5CD639
Tetradic#D6395C, #AAD639, #39D6B3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E8E2F9
Lighter +30%#C8B8F0
Lighter +20%#A78EE7
Lighter +10%#8663DF
Darker −10%#4E26B6
Darker −20%#3C1D8C
Darker −30%#2A1462
Darker −40%#180B38
More saturated +25%#581BF4
Less saturated −25%#7257B8

Channel breakdown

R101
G57
B214
Red101 (39.6%)
Green57 (22.4%)
Blue214 (83.9%)
Hue256.82°
Saturation (HSL)65.69%
Lightness53.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 65 · G 39 · B D6

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