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Recognised as Colour

#6825EE

  • #6825EE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6825EE is a violet with RGB values 104, 37, 238 and HSL 260°, 86%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6825EE#6825EE
HEX#6825EE
RGBrgb(104, 37, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.1451, 0.9333
RGB percentages40.8%, 14.5%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(260, 85.5%, 53.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260, 84.5%, 93.3%)
CMYK56.3%, 84.5%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,825,454
CSS custom property--colour: #6825EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10439WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness102.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.8:1
Contrast with white6.8:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#424242
Inverted#97DA11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005FF3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37 from the original
Deuteranopia#0055EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.1 from the original
Tritanopia#26668Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 96.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.8:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.09:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 13.3Medium blue · ΔE 14.6Dark violet · ΔE 18.2Blue · ΔE 22.9Dark orchid · ΔE 28.4Dark blue · ΔE 36.6
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 13.35, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ABEE25
Analogous#2546EE, #CC25EE
Triadic#EE6825, #25EE68
Split complementary#EECD25, #47EE25
Tetradic#EE2547, #ABEE25, #25EECD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBE2FD
Lighter +30%#CAB3F9
Lighter +20%#AA84F5
Lighter +10%#8954F2
Darker −10%#5010D0
Darker −20%#3E0DA0
Darker −30%#2C0971
Darker −40%#190542
More saturated +25%#6214FF
Less saturated −25%#7242D1

Channel breakdown

R104
G37
B238
Red104 (40.8%)
Green37 (14.5%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue260°
Saturation (HSL)85.53%
Lightness53.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 68 · G 25 · B EE

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