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Colour

#6729DB

  • #6729DB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6729DB is a violet with RGB values 103, 41, 219 and HSL 261°, 71%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6729DB#6729DB
HEX#6729DB
RGBrgb(103, 41, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.4039, 0.1608, 0.8588
RGB percentages40.4%, 16.1%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(260.9, 71.2%, 51%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.9, 81.3%, 85.9%)
CMYK53%, 81.3%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,760,923
CSS custom property--colour: #6729DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09584WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness98.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.2:1
Contrast with white7.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#434343
Inverted#98D624

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005AE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0053D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.6 from the original
Tritanopia#3A5F84no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 85.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.2:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.92:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8.7Dark violet · ΔE 15.1Medium blue · ΔE 17.4Dark orchid · ΔE 20.2Dark blue · ΔE 28.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 31.1
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.73, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9DDB29
Analogous#2944DB, #C029DB
Triadic#DB6729, #29DB67
Split complementary#DBC029, #44DB29
Tetradic#DB2944, #9DDB29, #29DBC0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E3D8F8
Lighter +30%#C4ACF1
Lighter +20%#A580EA
Lighter +10%#8655E2
Darker −10%#521EB3
Darker −20%#3E1787
Darker −30%#2A0F5C
Darker −40%#160830
More saturated +25%#5E0AFA
Less saturated −25%#7048BC

Channel breakdown

R103
G41
B219
Red103 (40.4%)
Green41 (16.1%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue260.9°
Saturation (HSL)71.2%
Lightness50.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 67 · G 29 · B DB

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