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Recognised as Colour

#6916DC

  • #6916DC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6916DC is a violet with RGB values 105, 22, 220 and HSL 265°, 82%, 47%. 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

#6916DC#6916DC
HEX#6916DC
RGBrgb(105, 22, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.0863, 0.8627
RGB percentages41.2%, 8.6%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(265.2, 81.8%, 47.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(265.2, 90%, 86.3%)
CMYK52.3%, 90%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,887,132
CSS custom property--colour: #6916DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08744WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness95.4 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#363636
Inverted#96E923

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0056E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#004FD9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36 from the original
Tritanopia#3E5A82no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 89.3 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 14Medium blue · ΔE 14.2Dark orchid · ΔE 24.4Blue · ΔE 27Dark blue · ΔE 32
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#89DC16
Analogous#1626DC, #CC16DC
Triadic#DC6916, #16DC69
Split complementary#DCCC16, #26DC16
Tetradic#DC1626, #89DC16, #16DCCC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DBC5F9
Lighter +30%#BE96F5
Lighter +20%#A168F0
Lighter +10%#843AEB
Darker −10%#5311AE
Darker −20%#3D0D7F
Darker −30%#270851
Darker −40%#100323
More saturated +25%#6500F2
Less saturated −25%#6E34BE

Channel breakdown

R105
G22
B220
Red105 (41.2%)
Green22 (8.6%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue265.15°
Saturation (HSL)81.82%
Lightness47.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 69 · G 16 · B DC

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