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Colour

#6904CA

  • #6904CA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6904CA is a violet with RGB values 105, 4, 202 and HSL 271°, 96%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6904CA#6904CA
HEX#6904CA
RGBrgb(105, 4, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.0157, 0.7922
RGB percentages41.2%, 1.6%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(270.6, 96.1%, 40.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.6, 98%, 79.2%)
CMYK48%, 98%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,882,506
CSS custom property--colour: #6904CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07354WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness89.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.5:1
Contrast with white8.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#282828
Inverted#96FB35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004ECFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#004AC7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.7 from the original
Tritanopia#4C4F76no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 81.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.5:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.47:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.8Dark violet · ΔE 11.7Medium blue · ΔE 16.7Dark orchid · ΔE 20.4Dark blue · ΔE 27.4Navy · ΔE 31.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.81, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#65CA04
Analogous#0604CA, #CA04C8
Triadic#CA6904, #04CA69
Split complementary#C8CA04, #04CA06
Tetradic#CA0604, #65CA04, #04C8CA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CE9DFD
Lighter +30%#B56BFC
Lighter +20%#9C39FB
Lighter +10%#8307FA
Darker −10%#4F0398
Darker −20%#350266
Darker −30%#1B0134
Darker −40%#010002
More saturated +25%#6900CE
Less saturated −25%#681EB0

Channel breakdown

R105
G4
B202
Red105 (41.2%)
Green4 (1.6%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue270.61°
Saturation (HSL)96.12%
Lightness40.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 69 · G 04 · B CA

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