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Recognised as Colour

#6602D2

  • #6602D2
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6602D2 is a violet with RGB values 102, 2, 210 and HSL 269°, 98%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6602D2#6602D2
HEX#6602D2
RGBrgb(102, 2, 210)
RGB (0–1)0.4, 0.0078, 0.8235
RGB percentages40%, 0.8%, 82.4%
HSLhsl(268.8, 98.1%, 41.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(268.8, 99%, 82.4%)
CMYK51.4%, 99%, 0%, 17.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,685,394
CSS custom property--colour: #6602D2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07521WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness90.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.39:1
Contrast with white8.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#262626
Inverted#99FD2D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0050D7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#004ACFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.5 from the original
Tritanopia#40527Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 86.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.39:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.5:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.2Dark violet · ΔE 13.4Medium blue · ΔE 13.9Dark orchid · ΔE 24.1Blue · ΔE 28.1Dark blue · ΔE 30.3
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.19, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6ED202
Analogous#0206D2, #CE02D2
Triadic#D26602, #02D266
Split complementary#D2CE02, #06D202
Tetradic#D20206, #6ED202, #02D2CE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CEA2FE
Lighter +30%#B46FFE
Lighter +20%#993DFD
Lighter +10%#7F0AFD
Darker −10%#4D029F
Darker −20%#35016D
Darker −30%#1C013A
Darker −40%#040008
More saturated +25%#6600D4
Less saturated −25%#671CB8

Channel breakdown

R102
G2
B210
Red102 (40%)
Green2 (0.8%)
Blue210 (82.4%)
Hue268.85°
Saturation (HSL)98.11%
Lightness41.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 66 · G 02 · B D2

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