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Recognised as Colour

#6628CA

  • #6628CA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6628CA is a violet with RGB values 102, 40, 202 and HSL 263°, 67%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6628CA#6628CA
HEX#6628CA
RGBrgb(102, 40, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.4, 0.1569, 0.7922
RGB percentages40%, 15.7%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(263, 66.9%, 47.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(263, 80.2%, 79.2%)
CMYK49.5%, 80.2%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,695,114
CSS custom property--colour: #6628CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08607WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness93.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.72:1
Contrast with white7.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#414141
Inverted#99D735

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0055CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0050C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.1 from the original
Tritanopia#45587Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 77.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.72:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.72:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 12Dark orchid · ΔE 15.6Dark violet · ΔE 16.7Medium blue · ΔE 22.6Dark blue · ΔE 23.1Indigo · ΔE 25.7
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.96, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8CCA28
Analogous#283BCA, #B728CA
Triadic#CA6628, #28CA66
Split complementary#CAB728, #3BCA28
Tetradic#CA283B, #8CCA28, #28CAB7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DACAF4
Lighter +30%#BC9FEC
Lighter +20%#9F74E4
Lighter +10%#814ADB
Darker −10%#51209F
Darker −20%#3B1775
Darker −30%#260F4A
Darker −40%#100620
More saturated +25%#5F0AE8
Less saturated −25%#6D46AC

Channel breakdown

R102
G40
B202
Red102 (40%)
Green40 (15.7%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue262.96°
Saturation (HSL)66.94%
Lightness47.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 66 · G 28 · B CA

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