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Recognised as Colour

#6624D4

  • #6624D4
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6624D4 is a violet with RGB values 102, 36, 212 and HSL 263°, 71%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6624D4#6624D4
HEX#6624D4
RGBrgb(102, 36, 212)
RGB (0–1)0.4, 0.1412, 0.8314
RGB percentages40%, 14.1%, 83.1%
HSLhsl(262.5, 71%, 48.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.5, 83%, 83.1%)
CMYK51.9%, 83%, 0%, 16.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,694,100
CSS custom property--colour: #6624D4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0884WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness94.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.59:1
Contrast with white7.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3F3F3F
Inverted#99DB2B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0057D9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35 from the original
Deuteranopia#0050D1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.3 from the original
Tritanopia#3E5A7Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 83.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.59:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9Dark violet · ΔE 14.5Medium blue · ΔE 17.8Dark orchid · ΔE 19.1Dark blue · ΔE 26.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 31
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.98, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#92D424
Analogous#243AD4, #BE24D4
Triadic#D46624, #24D466
Split complementary#D4BE24, #3AD424
Tetradic#D4243A, #92D424, #24D4BE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DDCDF7
Lighter +30%#BFA2EF
Lighter +20%#A176E8
Lighter +10%#834BE0
Darker −10%#511DA8
Darker −20%#3C157D
Darker −30%#270E51
Darker −40%#120626
More saturated +25%#5E05F3
Less saturated −25%#6E43B5

Channel breakdown

R102
G36
B212
Red102 (40%)
Green36 (14.1%)
Blue212 (83.1%)
Hue262.5°
Saturation (HSL)70.97%
Lightness48.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 66 · G 24 · B D4

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