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Recognised as Colour

#6824BB

  • #6824BB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#6824BB is a violet with RGB values 104, 36, 187 and HSL 267°, 68%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#6824BB#6824BB
HEX#6824BB
RGBrgb(104, 36, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.1412, 0.7333
RGB percentages40.8%, 14.1%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(267, 67.7%, 43.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(267, 80.7%, 73.3%)
CMYK44.4%, 80.7%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,825,147
CSS custom property--colour: #6824BB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07793WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness89.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.21:1
Contrast with white8.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3D3D3D
Inverted#97DB44

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004FBFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#004DB8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.1 from the original
Tritanopia#524F71no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.21:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.56:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 13.5Blue violet · ΔE 16.5Dark violet · ΔE 19.2Indigo · ΔE 19.8Dark blue · ΔE 20.6Navy · ΔE 23.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 13.49, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#77BB24
Analogous#242CBB, #B324BB
Triadic#BB6824, #24BB68
Split complementary#BBB324, #2CBB24
Tetradic#BB242C, #77BB24, #24BBB3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D3B9F2
Lighter +30%#B78FE9
Lighter +20%#9C64E1
Lighter +10%#8139D9
Darker −10%#501C90
Darker −20%#381465
Darker −30%#210B3B
Darker −40%#090310
More saturated +25%#6508D7
Less saturated −25%#6B409F

Channel breakdown

R104
G36
B187
Red104 (40.8%)
Green36 (14.1%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue267.02°
Saturation (HSL)67.71%
Lightness43.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 68 · G 24 · B BB

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