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Recognised as Colour

#6608D7

  • #6608D7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6608D7 is a violet with RGB values 102, 8, 215 and HSL 267°, 93%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6608D7#6608D7
HEX#6608D7
RGBrgb(102, 8, 215)
RGB (0–1)0.4, 0.0314, 0.8431
RGB percentages40%, 3.1%, 84.3%
HSLhsl(267.2, 92.8%, 43.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(267.2, 96.3%, 84.3%)
CMYK52.6%, 96.3%, 0%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,686,935
CSS custom property--colour: #6608D7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07905WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness91.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.14:1
Contrast with white8.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B
Inverted#99F728

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0052DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#004BD4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.5 from the original
Tritanopia#3C567Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 89.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.14:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.58:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.5Medium blue · ΔE 13.4Dark violet · ΔE 14.2Dark orchid · ΔE 25.2Blue · ΔE 26.5Dark blue · ΔE 31.7
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.53, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#79D708
Analogous#0811D7, #CE08D7
Triadic#D76608, #08D766
Split complementary#D7CE08, #11D708
Tetradic#D70811, #79D708, #08D7CE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D2AFFC
Lighter +30%#B67EFA
Lighter +20%#9B4DF8
Lighter +10%#7F1BF7
Darker −10%#4F06A6
Darker −20%#370475
Darker −30%#200343
Darker −40%#090112
More saturated +25%#6500DF
Less saturated −25%#6924BB

Channel breakdown

R102
G8
B215
Red102 (40%)
Green8 (3.1%)
Blue215 (84.3%)
Hue267.25°
Saturation (HSL)92.83%
Lightness43.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 66 · G 08 · B D7

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