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Recognised as Colour

#6540EA

  • #6540EA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6540EA is a blue with RGB values 101, 64, 234 and HSL 253°, 80%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6540EA#6540EA
HEX#6540EA
RGBrgb(101, 64, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.3961, 0.251, 0.9176
RGB percentages39.6%, 25.1%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(253.1, 80.2%, 58.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(253.1, 72.6%, 91.8%)
CMYK56.8%, 72.6%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,635,754
CSS custom property--colour: #6540EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12374WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness108.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.04:1
Contrast with white6.04:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#545454
Inverted#9ABF15

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0067EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#005DE7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original
Tritanopia#1D6F92no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 88.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.04:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.47:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 12.9Dark violet · ΔE 20.8Dark orchid · ΔE 21.3Medium blue · ΔE 22.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 24.7Dark blue · ΔE 30.3
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 12.94, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C5EA40
Analogous#4070EA, #BA40EA
Triadic#EA6540, #40EA65
Split complementary#EABA40, #70EA40
Tetradic#EA4070, #C5EA40, #40EABA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F9F8FE
Lighter +30%#D4CAF9
Lighter +20%#AF9CF4
Lighter +10%#8A6EEF
Darker −10%#4418DF
Darker −20%#3613B1
Darker −30%#280E83
Darker −40%#1A0955
More saturated +25%#592BFF
Less saturated −25%#745ACF

Channel breakdown

R101
G64
B234
Red101 (39.6%)
Green64 (25.1%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue253.06°
Saturation (HSL)80.19%
Lightness58.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 65 · G 40 · B EA

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