Recognised as Colour

#6825FF

#6825FF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue

#6825FF is a violet with RGB values 104, 37, 255 and HSL 258°, 100%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#6825FF#6825FF

HEX#6825FF

RGBrgb(104, 37, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.1451, 1

RGB percentages40.8%, 14.5%, 100%

HSLhsl(258.4, 100%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(258.4, 85.5%, 100%)

CMYK59.2%, 85.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,825,471

CSS custom property--colour: #6825FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11486WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness107 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.37:1

Contrast with white6.37:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#434343

Inverted#97DA00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0065FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#0058FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.6 from the original

Tritanopia#006D99no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 105.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.3:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 16.4 Medium blue · ΔE 17.4 Blue violet · ΔE 20.2 Dark violet · ΔE 23.9 Dark orchid · ΔE 35.6 Dark blue · ΔE 43.6

Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 16.43, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BCFF25

Analogous#254FFF, #D525FF

Triadic#FF6825, #25FF68

Split complementary#FFD525, #4FFF25

Tetradic#FF254F, #BCFF25, #25FFD5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F5F1FF

Lighter +30%#D2BEFF

Lighter +20%#AF8BFF

Lighter +10%#8B58FF

Darker −10%#4A00F1

Darker −20%#3A00BE

Darker −30%#2B008B

Darker −40%#1B0058

More saturated +25%#6825FF

Less saturated −25%#7240E4

Channel breakdown

R104

G37

B255

Red104 (40.8%)

Green37 (14.5%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue258.44°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness57.25%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 68 · G 25 · B FF

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