Recognised as Colour

#6628FF

#6628FF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue

#6628FF is a violet with RGB values 102, 40, 255 and HSL 257°, 100%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#6628FF#6628FF

HEX#6628FF

RGBrgb(102, 40, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.4, 0.1569, 1

RGB percentages40%, 15.7%, 100%

HSLhsl(257.3, 100%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(257.3, 84.3%, 100%)

CMYK60%, 84.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,695,167

CSS custom property--colour: #6628FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11562WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness107.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.34:1

Contrast with white6.34:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#454545

Inverted#99D700

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0065FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#0059FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.1 from the original

Tritanopia#006E99no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 105.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.31:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 17 Medium blue · ΔE 17 Blue violet · ΔE 19.7 Dark violet · ΔE 23.8 Dark orchid · ΔE 35.1 Dark blue · ΔE 43

Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 16.99, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#C1FF28

Analogous#2856FF, #D128FF

Triadic#FF6628, #28FF66

Split complementary#FFD128, #56FF28

Tetradic#FF2856, #C1FF28, #28FFD1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F7F4FF

Lighter +30%#D3C1FF

Lighter +20%#AF8EFF

Lighter +10%#8A5BFF

Darker −10%#4600F4

Darker −20%#3800C1

Darker −30%#29008E

Darker −40%#1A005B

More saturated +25%#6628FF

Less saturated −25%#7143E4

Channel breakdown

R102

G40

B255

Red102 (40%)

Green40 (15.7%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue257.3°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness57.84%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 66 · G 28 · B FF

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