Recognised as Colour

#6837FE

#6837FE
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#6837FE is a blue with RGB values 104, 55, 254 and HSL 255°, 99%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6837FE#6837FE

HEX#6837FE

RGBrgb(104, 55, 254)

RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.2157, 0.9961

RGB percentages40.8%, 21.6%, 99.6%

HSLhsl(254.8, 99%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(254.8, 78.3%, 99.6%)

CMYK59.1%, 78.3%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,830,078

CSS custom property--colour: #6837FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12831WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness111.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.89:1

Contrast with white5.89:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#505050

Inverted#97C801

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#006AFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#005EFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00739Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 100.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.57:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 15.5 Medium blue · ΔE 17.6 Dark violet · ΔE 21.7 Blue · ΔE 23.3 Dark orchid · ΔE 30.2 Medium slateblue · ΔE 37.9

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 15.53, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CDFE37

Analogous#3769FE, #CC37FE

Triadic#FE6837, #37FE68

Split complementary#FECC37, #69FE37

Tetradic#FE3769, #CDFE37, #37FECC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#DBCFFF

Lighter +20%#B59CFF

Lighter +10%#8E6AFE

Darker −10%#4204FE

Darker −20%#3301CE

Darker −30%#27019B

Darker −40%#1A0168

More saturated +25%#6736FF

Less saturated −25%#7550E5

Channel breakdown

R104

G55

B254

Red104 (40.8%)

Green55 (21.6%)

Blue254 (99.6%)

Hue254.77°

Saturation (HSL)99%

Lightness60.59%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 68 · G 37 · B FE

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