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Recognised as Colour

#6A05C8

  • #6A05C8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6A05C8 is a violet with RGB values 106, 5, 200 and HSL 271°, 95%, 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

#6A05C8#6A05C8
HEX#6A05C8
RGBrgb(106, 5, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.0196, 0.7843
RGB percentages41.6%, 2%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(271.1, 95.1%, 40.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271.1, 97.5%, 78.4%)
CMYK47%, 97.5%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,948,296
CSS custom property--colour: #6A05C8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07343WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness89.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.51:1
Contrast with white8.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#292929
Inverted#95FA37

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004DCCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38 from the original
Deuteranopia#004AC5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.9 from the original
Tritanopia#4F4E75no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.51:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.47:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.7Dark violet · ΔE 11.4Medium blue · ΔE 17.6Dark orchid · ΔE 19.4Dark blue · ΔE 26.8Indigo · ΔE 30.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.69, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#63C805
Analogous#0805C8, #C805C5
Triadic#C86A05, #05C86A
Split complementary#C4C805, #05C809
Tetradic#C80905, #63C805, #05C4C8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CE9CFD
Lighter +30%#B66BFB
Lighter +20%#9D39FA
Lighter +10%#8407F9
Darker −10%#500496
Darker −20%#350364
Darker −30%#1B0133
Darker −40%#010001
More saturated +25%#6A00CD
Less saturated −25%#691FAE

Channel breakdown

R106
G5
B200
Red106 (41.6%)
Green5 (2%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue271.08°
Saturation (HSL)95.12%
Lightness40.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6A · G 05 · B C8

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