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Recognised as Colour

#6725DE

  • #6725DE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6725DE is a violet with RGB values 103, 37, 222 and HSL 261°, 74%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6725DE#6725DE
HEX#6725DE
RGBrgb(103, 37, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.4039, 0.1451, 0.8706
RGB percentages40.4%, 14.5%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(261.4, 73.7%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.4, 83.3%, 87.1%)
CMYK53.6%, 83.3%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,759,902
CSS custom property--colour: #6725DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09481WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness97.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.25:1
Contrast with white7.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#404040
Inverted#98DA21

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005AE3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0052DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.1 from the original
Tritanopia#375F85no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 88.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.25:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9Dark violet · ΔE 14.9Medium blue · ΔE 15.7Dark orchid · ΔE 22.3Blue · ΔE 29.7Dark blue · ΔE 30.2
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.05, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9CDE25
Analogous#253FDE, #C325DE
Triadic#DE6725, #25DE67
Split complementary#DEC425, #3FDE25
Tetradic#DE2540, #9CDE25, #25DEC4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E3D6F9
Lighter +30%#C4AAF2
Lighter +20%#A57EEB
Lighter +10%#8651E5
Darker −10%#521BB5
Darker −20%#3E1588
Darker −30%#2A0E5C
Darker −40%#160730
More saturated +25%#5E06FD
Less saturated −25%#7044BF

Channel breakdown

R103
G37
B222
Red103 (40.4%)
Green37 (14.5%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue261.41°
Saturation (HSL)73.71%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 67 · G 25 · B DE

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