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Recognised as Colour

#6A3AFA

  • #6A3AFA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6A3AFA is a violet with RGB values 106, 58, 250 and HSL 255°, 95%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6A3AFA#6A3AFA
HEX#6A3AFA
RGBrgb(106, 58, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.2275, 0.9804
RGB percentages41.6%, 22.7%, 98%
HSLhsl(255, 95%, 60.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255, 76.8%, 98%)
CMYK57.6%, 76.8%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,961,914
CSS custom property--colour: #6A3AFA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12992WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness111.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.84:1
Contrast with white5.84:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#525252
Inverted#95C505

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006AFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#005FF7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30 from the original
Tritanopia#147299no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 97.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.84:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.6:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 13.4Medium blue · ΔE 18.3Dark violet · ΔE 20.3Blue · ΔE 26.5Dark orchid · ΔE 27.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 34.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 13.38, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CAFA3A
Analogous#3A6AFA, #CA3AFA
Triadic#FA6A3A, #3AFA6A
Split complementary#FACA3A, #6AFA3A
Tetradic#FA3A6A, #CAFA3A, #3AFACA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DBCFFE
Lighter +20%#B59DFD
Lighter +10%#906CFB
Darker −10%#4408F9
Darker −20%#3605C9
Darker −30%#290497
Darker −40%#1B0365
More saturated +25%#6735FF
Less saturated −25%#7753E1

Channel breakdown

R106
G58
B250
Red106 (41.6%)
Green58 (22.7%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue255°
Saturation (HSL)95.05%
Lightness60.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6A · G 3A · B FA

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