Recognised as Colour

#6A2ED4

#6A2ED4
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#6A2ED4 is a violet with RGB values 106, 46, 212 and HSL 262°, 66%, 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

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HEX#6A2ED4

RGBrgb(106, 46, 212)

RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.1804, 0.8314

RGB percentages41.6%, 18%, 83.1%

HSLhsl(261.7, 65.9%, 50.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(261.7, 78.3%, 83.1%)

CMYK50%, 78.3%, 0%, 16.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,958,804

CSS custom property--colour: #6A2ED4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09772WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness98.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.11:1

Contrast with white7.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#474747

Inverted#95D12B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#005AD9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#0055D1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.1 from the original

Tritanopia#465E81no 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 text7.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.95:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 10 Dark violet · ΔE 16 Dark orchid · ΔE 16.3 Medium blue · ΔE 21.8 Dark blue · ΔE 25.7 Medium slateblue · ΔE 26.5

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 10.01, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#98D42E

Analogous#2E45D4, #BD2ED4

Triadic#D46A2E, #2ED46A

Split complementary#D4BD2E, #45D42E

Tetradic#D42E45, #98D42E, #2ED4BD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#E3D7F7

Lighter +30%#C4ADEE

Lighter +20%#A683E5

Lighter +10%#8858DD

Darker −10%#5523AC

Darker −20%#401B81

Darker −30%#2B1257

Darker −40%#16092D

More saturated +25%#610EF3

Less saturated −25%#734EB4

Channel breakdown

R106

G46

B212

Red106 (41.6%)

Green46 (18%)

Blue212 (83.1%)

Hue261.69°

Saturation (HSL)65.87%

Lightness50.59%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 6A · G 2E · B D4

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