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Recognised as Colour

#6A11CA

  • #6A11CA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6A11CA is a violet with RGB values 106, 17, 202 and HSL 269°, 84%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6A11CA#6A11CA
HEX#6A11CA
RGBrgb(106, 17, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.0667, 0.7922
RGB percentages41.6%, 6.7%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(268.9, 84.5%, 42.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(268.9, 91.6%, 79.2%)
CMYK47.5%, 91.6%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,951,370
CSS custom property--colour: #6A11CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07729WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness90.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.25:1
Contrast with white8.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#313131
Inverted#95EE35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0050CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#004CC7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.9 from the original
Tritanopia#4D5077no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.25:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.55:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.1Dark violet · ΔE 11.8Medium blue · ΔE 18.1Dark orchid · ΔE 18.5Dark blue · ΔE 26.3Indigo · ΔE 30.2
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.08, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#71CA11
Analogous#1115CA, #C611CA
Triadic#CA6A11, #11CA6A
Split complementary#CAC611, #15CA11
Tetradic#CA1115, #71CA11, #11CAC6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D2AFF8
Lighter +30%#B880F4
Lighter +20%#9D51F0
Lighter +10%#8322EC
Darker −10%#510D9B
Darker −20%#39096C
Darker −30%#20053D
Darker −40%#07010E
More saturated +25%#6900DB
Less saturated −25%#6B2CAF

Channel breakdown

R106
G17
B202
Red106 (41.6%)
Green17 (6.7%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue268.86°
Saturation (HSL)84.47%
Lightness42.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6A · G 11 · B CA

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