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Recognised as Colour

#6922DE

  • #6922DE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6922DE is a violet with RGB values 105, 34, 222 and HSL 263°, 74%, 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

#6922DE#6922DE
HEX#6922DE
RGBrgb(105, 34, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.1333, 0.8706
RGB percentages41.2%, 13.3%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(262.7, 74%, 50.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.7, 84.7%, 87.1%)
CMYK52.7%, 84.7%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,890,206
CSS custom property--colour: #6922DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09421WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness97.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.28:1
Contrast with white7.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3F3F3F
Inverted#96DD21

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005AE3no 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 34.3 from the original
Tritanopia#3C5E85no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 88.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.28:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.88:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8.9Dark violet · ΔE 14.3Medium blue · ΔE 15.5Dark orchid · ΔE 22.6Blue · ΔE 29.1Dark blue · ΔE 30.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.89, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#97DE22
Analogous#2239DE, #C722DE
Triadic#DE6922, #22DE69
Split complementary#DEC722, #39DE22
Tetradic#DE2239, #97DE22, #22DEC7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E1D3F9
Lighter +30%#C3A7F2
Lighter +20%#A57BEB
Lighter +10%#874EE5
Darker −10%#541BB2
Darker −20%#3F1486
Darker −30%#2A0D5A
Darker −40%#15072D
More saturated +25%#6102FE
Less saturated −25%#7142BE

Channel breakdown

R105
G34
B222
Red105 (41.2%)
Green34 (13.3%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue262.66°
Saturation (HSL)74.02%
Lightness50.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 69 · G 22 · B DE

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