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Recognised as Colour

#6A24E0

  • #6A24E0
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6A24E0 is a violet with RGB values 106, 36, 224 and HSL 262°, 75%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6A24E0#6A24E0
HEX#6A24E0
RGBrgb(106, 36, 224)
RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.1412, 0.8784
RGB percentages41.6%, 14.1%, 87.8%
HSLhsl(262.3, 75.2%, 51%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.3, 83.9%, 87.8%)
CMYK52.7%, 83.9%, 0%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,956,256
CSS custom property--colour: #6A24E0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09708WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness99.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.14:1
Contrast with white7.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#404040
Inverted#95DB1F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005BE5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0054DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.8 from the original
Tritanopia#3D5F86no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 88.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.14:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.94:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8.8Dark violet · ΔE 14.5Medium blue · ΔE 15.7Dark orchid · ΔE 22.7Blue · ΔE 28.9Dark blue · ΔE 31.3
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.8, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9AE024
Analogous#243CE0, #C824E0
Triadic#E06A24, #24E06A
Split complementary#E0C824, #3CE024
Tetradic#E0243C, #9AE024, #24E0C8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E4D7F9
Lighter +30%#C5AAF3
Lighter +20%#A77DED
Lighter +10%#8851E6
Darker −10%#541AB7
Darker −20%#40148A
Darker −30%#2B0D5E
Darker −40%#170731
More saturated +25%#6205FF
Less saturated −25%#7243C1

Channel breakdown

R106
G36
B224
Red106 (41.6%)
Green36 (14.1%)
Blue224 (87.8%)
Hue262.34°
Saturation (HSL)75.2%
Lightness50.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6A · G 24 · B E0

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