Recognised as Colour

#6705D2

#6705D2
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#6705D2 is a violet with RGB values 103, 5, 210 and HSL 269°, 95%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

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HEX#6705D2

RGBrgb(103, 5, 210)

RGB (0–1)0.4039, 0.0196, 0.8235

RGB percentages40.4%, 2%, 82.4%

HSLhsl(268.7, 95.3%, 42.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(268.7, 97.6%, 82.4%)

CMYK51%, 97.6%, 0%, 17.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,751,698

CSS custom property--colour: #6705D2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07645WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness90.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.3:1

Contrast with white8.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#292929

Inverted#98FA2D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0050D7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38 from the original

Deuteranopia#004BCFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.8 from the original

Tritanopia#42537Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 86.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.53:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 10.7 Dark violet · ΔE 13 Medium blue · ΔE 14.3 Dark orchid · ΔE 23.5 Blue · ΔE 28.6 Dark blue · ΔE 30.1

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 10.68, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#70D205

Analogous#0509D2, #CE05D2

Triadic#D26705, #05D267

Split complementary#D2CE05, #0AD205

Tetradic#D20509, #70D205, #05D2CE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D0A6FD

Lighter +30%#B574FC

Lighter +20%#9A42FB

Lighter +10%#8011F9

Darker −10%#4F04A0

Darker −20%#36036E

Darker −30%#1E013D

Darker −40%#05000B

More saturated +25%#6700D7

Less saturated −25%#6820B7

Channel breakdown

R103

B210

Red103 (40.4%)

Green5 (2%)

Blue210 (82.4%)

Hue268.68°

Saturation (HSL)95.35%

Lightness42.16%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 67 · G 05 · B D2

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