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Recognised as Colour

#6612FF

  • #6612FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue

#6612FF is a violet with RGB values 102, 18, 255 and HSL 261°, 100%, 54%. 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.

Colour values

#6612FF#6612FF
HEX#6612FF
RGBrgb(102, 18, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.4, 0.0706, 1
RGB percentages40%, 7.1%, 100%
HSLhsl(261.3, 100%, 53.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.3, 92.9%, 100%)
CMYK60%, 92.9%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,689,535
CSS custom property--colour: #6612FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10477WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness103.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.78:1
Contrast with white6.78:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#353535
Inverted#99ED00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0061FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0054FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.8 from the original
Tritanopia#006A97no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 109.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.78:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.1:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 12.5Medium blue · ΔE 19.1Blue violet · ΔE 24.4Dark violet · ΔE 26.9Dark orchid · ΔE 39.8Fuchsia · ΔE 46.3
Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 12.54, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ABFF12
Analogous#1235FF, #DC12FF
Triadic#FF6612, #12FF66
Split complementary#FFDD12, #34FF12
Tetradic#FF1235, #ABFF12, #12FFDC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EADEFF
Lighter +30%#C9ABFF
Lighter +20%#A878FF
Lighter +10%#8745FF
Darker −10%#4F00DE
Darker −20%#3D00AB
Darker −30%#2B0078
Darker −40%#180045
More saturated +25%#6612FF
Less saturated −25%#6F30E1

Channel breakdown

R102
G18
B255
Red102 (40%)
Green18 (7.1%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue261.27°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness53.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 66 · G 12 · B FF

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