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Recognised as Colour

#6A48FE

  • #6A48FE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6A48FE is a blue with RGB values 106, 72, 254 and HSL 251°, 99%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6A48FE#6A48FE
HEX#6A48FE
RGBrgb(106, 72, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.2824, 0.9961
RGB percentages41.6%, 28.2%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(251.2, 98.9%, 63.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(251.2, 71.7%, 99.6%)
CMYK58.3%, 71.7%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,965,502
CSS custom property--colour: #6A48FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14855WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness117.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.29:1
Contrast with white5.29:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5C5C5C
Inverted#95B701

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0071FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0065FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.5 from the original
Tritanopia#007A9Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 94.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.29:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.97:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 14.6Medium blue · ΔE 22.4Dark violet · ΔE 22.6Dark orchid · ΔE 25.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 28.6Blue · ΔE 32.1
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 14.56, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCFE48
Analogous#4881FE, #C548FE
Triadic#FE6A48, #48FE6A
Split complementary#FEC548, #81FE48
Tetradic#FE4881, #DCFE48, #48FEC5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E6E0FF
Lighter +20%#BDADFF
Lighter +10%#937BFE
Darker −10%#4115FE
Darker −20%#2B01DF
Darker −30%#2101AC
Darker −40%#170179
More saturated +25%#6947FF
Less saturated −25%#785FE7

Channel breakdown

R106
G72
B254
Red106 (41.6%)
Green72 (28.2%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue251.21°
Saturation (HSL)98.91%
Lightness63.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6A · G 48 · B FE

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