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Recognised as Colour

#6826CD

  • #6826CD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6826CD is a violet with RGB values 104, 38, 205 and HSL 264°, 69%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6826CD#6826CD
HEX#6826CD
RGBrgb(104, 38, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.149, 0.8039
RGB percentages40.8%, 14.9%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(263.7, 68.7%, 47.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(263.7, 81.5%, 80.4%)
CMYK49.3%, 81.5%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,825,677
CSS custom property--colour: #6826CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08737WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness94.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.64:1
Contrast with white7.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#404040
Inverted#97D932

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0055D1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0050CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.7 from the original
Tritanopia#47587Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.64:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.75:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 10.3Dark violet · ΔE 15.2Dark orchid · ΔE 16.2Medium blue · ΔE 21.1Dark blue · ΔE 24.4Indigo · ΔE 27.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 10.26, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8BCD26
Analogous#2637CD, #BC26CD
Triadic#CD6826, #26CD68
Split complementary#CDBC26, #38CD26
Tetradic#CD2637, #8BCD26, #26CDBC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DBCAF5
Lighter +30%#BE9FED
Lighter +20%#A174E5
Lighter +10%#8349DD
Darker −10%#521EA2
Darker −20%#3C1677
Darker −30%#270E4C
Darker −40%#110621
More saturated +25%#6208EB
Less saturated −25%#6E44AF

Channel breakdown

R104
G38
B205
Red104 (40.8%)
Green38 (14.9%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue263.71°
Saturation (HSL)68.72%
Lightness47.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 68 · G 26 · B CD

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