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Recognised as Colour

#6610BC

  • #6610BC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6610BC is a violet with RGB values 102, 16, 188 and HSL 270°, 84%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6610BC#6610BC
HEX#6610BC
RGBrgb(102, 16, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.4, 0.0627, 0.7373
RGB percentages40%, 6.3%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(270, 84.3%, 40%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270, 91.5%, 73.7%)
CMYK45.7%, 91.5%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,688,956
CSS custom property--colour: #6610BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06826WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness85.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.88:1
Contrast with white8.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F
Inverted#99EF43

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004AC0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0048B9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.4 from the original
Tritanopia#4E4A6Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.88:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 12.8Dark violet · ΔE 14.5Dark orchid · ΔE 15.9Dark blue · ΔE 21.8Medium blue · ΔE 22.1Indigo · ΔE 24
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 12.83, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#66BC10
Analogous#1010BC, #BC10BC
Triadic#BC6610, #10BC66
Split complementary#BCBC10, #10BC10
Tetradic#BC1010, #66BC10, #10BCBC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CCA1F7
Lighter +30%#B372F3
Lighter +20%#9943EF
Lighter +10%#8014EB
Darker −10%#4D0C8D
Darker −20%#33085E
Darker −30%#1A042F
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#6600CC
Less saturated −25%#662AA3

Channel breakdown

R102
G16
B188
Red102 (40%)
Green16 (6.3%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue270°
Saturation (HSL)84.31%
Lightness40%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 66 · G 10 · B BC

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