Recognised as Colour

#6844EA

#6844EA
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#6844EA is a blue with RGB values 104, 68, 234 and HSL 253°, 80%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6844EA#6844EA

HEX#6844EA

RGBrgb(104, 68, 234)

RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.2667, 0.9176

RGB percentages40.8%, 26.7%, 91.8%

HSLhsl(253, 79.8%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(253, 70.9%, 91.8%)

CMYK55.6%, 70.9%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,833,386

CSS custom property--colour: #6844EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13018WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness110.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.83:1

Contrast with white5.83:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#585858

Inverted#97BB15

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#006AEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#0060E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27 from the original

Tritanopia#297193no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 85.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.6:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 13.9 Dark orchid · ΔE 20.3 Dark violet · ΔE 21.7 Medium slateblue · ΔE 22.3 Medium blue · ΔE 24.5 Slate blue · ΔE 29.2

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 13.89, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C6EA44

Analogous#4473EA, #BB44EA

Triadic#EA6844, #44EA68

Split complementary#EABB44, #73EA44

Tetradic#EA4473, #C6EA44, #44EABB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCFBFF

Lighter +30%#D7CEF9

Lighter +20%#B2A0F4

Lighter +10%#8D72EF

Darker −10%#4519E2

Darker −20%#3714B4

Darker −30%#290F86

Darker −40%#1B0A58

More saturated +25%#5C2FFF

Less saturated −25%#775ED0

Channel breakdown

R104

G68

B234

Red104 (40.8%)

Green68 (26.7%)

Blue234 (91.8%)

Hue253.01°

Saturation (HSL)79.81%

Lightness59.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 68 · G 44 · B EA

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