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Recognised as Colour

#6716C4

  • #6716C4
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6716C4 is a violet with RGB values 103, 22, 196 and HSL 268°, 80%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6716C4#6716C4
HEX#6716C4
RGBrgb(103, 22, 196)
RGB (0–1)0.4039, 0.0863, 0.7686
RGB percentages40.4%, 8.6%, 76.9%
HSLhsl(267.9, 79.8%, 42.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(267.9, 88.8%, 76.9%)
CMYK47.4%, 88.8%, 0%, 23.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,756,036
CSS custom property--colour: #6716C4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07443WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness88.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.44:1
Contrast with white8.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#343434
Inverted#98E93B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004EC8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#004BC1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.8 from the original
Tritanopia#4B4F74no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.44:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 10.8Dark violet · ΔE 13.6Dark orchid · ΔE 16.7Medium blue · ΔE 20.2Dark blue · ΔE 23.5Indigo · ΔE 26.7
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 10.78, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#73C416
Analogous#161CC4, #BE16C4
Triadic#C46716, #16C467
Split complementary#C4BE16, #1CC416
Tetradic#C4161C, #73C416, #16C4BE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D1B0F6
Lighter +30%#B682F1
Lighter +20%#9B54EC
Lighter +10%#8026E7
Darker −10%#4F1196
Darker −20%#370C68
Darker −30%#1F073A
Darker −40%#07010D
More saturated +25%#6500DA
Less saturated −25%#6931A9

Channel breakdown

R103
G22
B196
Red103 (40.4%)
Green22 (8.6%)
Blue196 (76.9%)
Hue267.93°
Saturation (HSL)79.82%
Lightness42.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 67 · G 16 · B C4

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