Colour

#6800FD

#6800FD
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue

#6800FD is a violet with RGB values 104, 0, 253 and HSL 265°, 100%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#6800FD#6800FD

HEX#6800FD

RGBrgb(104, 0, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0, 0.9922

RGB percentages40.8%, 0%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(264.7, 100%, 49.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(264.7, 100%, 99.2%)

CMYK58.9%, 100%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,815,997

CSS custom property--colour: #6800FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10035WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness102.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.98:1

Contrast with white6.98:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#282828

Inverted#97FF02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#005FFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#0052F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.3 from the original

Tritanopia#006695no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 109.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.01:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 12.2 Medium blue · ΔE 19.9 Blue violet · ΔE 25.5 Dark violet · ΔE 27.4 Dark orchid · ΔE 40.8 Fuchsia · ΔE 46

Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 12.17, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#95FD00

Analogous#0016FD, #E700FD

Triadic#FD6800, #00FD68

Split complementary#FDE700, #16FD00

Tetradic#FD0016, #95FD00, #00FDE7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E0CAFF

Lighter +30%#C297FF

Lighter +20%#A464FF

Lighter +10%#8631FF

Darker −10%#5300CA

Darker −20%#3E0097

Darker −30%#290064

Darker −40%#140031

More saturated +25%#6800FD

Less saturated −25%#6E20DD

Channel breakdown

R104

B253

Red104 (40.8%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue264.66°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness49.61%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 68 · G 00 · B FD

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