Colour

#6800BE

#6800BE
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#6800BE is a violet with RGB values 104, 0, 190 and HSL 273°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6800BE#6800BE

HEX#6800BE

RGBrgb(104, 0, 190)

RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0, 0.7451

RGB percentages40.8%, 0%, 74.5%

HSLhsl(272.8, 100%, 37.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(272.8, 100%, 74.5%)

CMYK45.3%, 100%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,815,934

CSS custom property--colour: #6800BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06661WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness85.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9:1

Contrast with white9:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#242424

Inverted#97FF41

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0049C2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#0047BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.2 from the original

Tritanopia#51486Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.6 Dark violet · ΔE 12.4 Dark orchid · ΔE 17.6 Medium blue · ΔE 20 Dark blue · ΔE 23.9 Indigo · ΔE 27

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.65, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#56BE00

Analogous#0900BE, #BE00B5

Triadic#BE6800, #00BE68

Split complementary#B5BE00, #00BE09

Tetradic#BE0900, #56BE00, #00B5BE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CA8BFF

Lighter +30%#B358FF

Lighter +20%#9C25FF

Lighter +10%#8400F1

Darker −10%#4C008B

Darker −20%#300058

Darker −30%#140025

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6800BE

Less saturated −25%#6618A6

Channel breakdown

R104

B190

Red104 (40.8%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue190 (74.5%)

Hue272.84°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness37.25%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 68 · G 00 · B BE

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