Recognised as Colour

#6840FF

#6840FF
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#6840FF is a blue with RGB values 104, 64, 255 and HSL 253°, 100%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6840FF#6840FF

HEX#6840FF

RGBrgb(104, 64, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.251, 1

RGB percentages40.8%, 25.1%, 100%

HSLhsl(252.6, 100%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(252.6, 74.9%, 100%)

CMYK59.2%, 74.9%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,832,383

CSS custom property--colour: #6840FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1383WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness114.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.58:1

Contrast with white5.58:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#565656

Inverted#97BF00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#006EFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36 from the original

Deuteranopia#0061FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00779Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 97.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.77:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 14.7 Medium blue · ΔE 19.5 Dark violet · ΔE 22 Blue · ΔE 27.2 Dark orchid · ΔE 28.2 Medium slateblue · ΔE 33.6

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 14.74, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D7FF40

Analogous#4078FF, #C740FF

Triadic#FF6840, #40FF68

Split complementary#FFC740, #78FF40

Tetradic#FF4078, #D7FF40, #40FFC7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E1D9FF

Lighter +20%#B9A6FF

Lighter +10%#9073FF

Darker −10%#400DFF

Darker −20%#2D00D9

Darker −30%#2300A6

Darker −40%#180073

More saturated +25%#6840FF

Less saturated −25%#7658E7

Channel breakdown

R104

G64

B255

Red104 (40.8%)

Green64 (25.1%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue252.57°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness62.55%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 68 · G 40 · B FF

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