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Recognised as Colour

#6A1EFB

  • #6A1EFB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue

#6A1EFB is a violet with RGB values 106, 30, 251 and HSL 261°, 97%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#6A1EFB#6A1EFB
HEX#6A1EFB
RGBrgb(106, 30, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.1176, 0.9843
RGB percentages41.6%, 11.8%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(260.6, 96.5%, 55.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.6, 88%, 98.4%)
CMYK57.8%, 88%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,954,747
CSS custom property--colour: #6A1EFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10958WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness105.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.58:1
Contrast with white6.58:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3E3E3E
Inverted#95E104

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0062FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0057F7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.6 from the original
Tritanopia#156A96no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 104.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.58:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.19:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 16.4Medium blue · ΔE 17.1Blue violet · ΔE 19.8Dark violet · ΔE 23.1Dark orchid · ΔE 35.3Dark blue · ΔE 43.3
Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 16.43, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AFFB1E
Analogous#1E41FB, #D81EFB
Triadic#FB6A1E, #1EFB6A
Split complementary#FBD91E, #40FB1E
Tetradic#FB1E41, #AFFB1E, #1EFBD8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFE6FF
Lighter +30%#CEB4FE
Lighter +20%#AC82FD
Lighter +10%#8B50FC
Darker −10%#5004E2
Darker −20%#3F03B0
Darker −30%#2D027E
Darker −40%#1B014C
More saturated +25%#691AFF
Less saturated −25%#733BDE

Channel breakdown

R106
G30
B251
Red106 (41.6%)
Green30 (11.8%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue260.63°
Saturation (HSL)96.51%
Lightness55.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6A · G 1E · B FB

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