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Recognised as Colour

#6920DE

  • #6920DE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6920DE is a violet with RGB values 105, 32, 222 and HSL 263°, 75%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6920DE#6920DE
HEX#6920DE
RGBrgb(105, 32, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.1255, 0.8706
RGB percentages41.2%, 12.5%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(263.1, 74.8%, 49.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(263.1, 85.6%, 87.1%)
CMYK52.7%, 85.6%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,889,694
CSS custom property--colour: #6920DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0931WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness97.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.34:1
Contrast with white7.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3D3D3D
Inverted#96DF21

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0059E3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0052DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35 from the original
Tritanopia#3C5D85no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 88.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.34:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.86:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.2Dark violet · ΔE 14.3Medium blue · ΔE 15.1Dark orchid · ΔE 23Blue · ΔE 28.5Dark blue · ΔE 31.2
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.16, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#95DE20
Analogous#2036DE, #C820DE
Triadic#DE6920, #20DE69
Split complementary#DEC820, #36DE20
Tetradic#DE2036, #95DE20, #20DEC8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E0D2F8
Lighter +30%#C3A5F2
Lighter +20%#A578EC
Lighter +10%#874CE5
Darker −10%#541AB1
Darker −20%#3F1385
Darker −30%#2A0D58
Darker −40%#15062C
More saturated +25%#6200FE
Less saturated −25%#7040BE

Channel breakdown

R105
G32
B222
Red105 (41.2%)
Green32 (12.5%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue263.05°
Saturation (HSL)74.8%
Lightness49.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 69 · G 20 · B DE

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