Colour

#6B00BB

#6B00BB
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#6B00BB is a violet with RGB values 107, 0, 187 and HSL 274°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6B00BB#6B00BB

HEX#6B00BB

RGBrgb(107, 0, 187)

RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0, 0.7333

RGB percentages42%, 0%, 73.3%

HSLhsl(274.3, 100%, 36.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(274.3, 100%, 73.3%)

CMYK42.8%, 100%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,012,539

CSS custom property--colour: #6B00BB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06714WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness86.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.96:1

Contrast with white8.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#242424

Inverted#94FF44

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0049BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#0048B8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.7 from the original

Tritanopia#57466Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text8.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 12.2 Dark violet · ΔE 12.4 Dark orchid · ΔE 16.1 Medium blue · ΔE 22 Dark blue · ΔE 23.5 Indigo · ΔE 25.4

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 12.17, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#50BB00

Analogous#0D00BB, #BB00AE

Triadic#BB6B00, #00BB6B

Split complementary#AEBB00, #00BB0D

Tetradic#BB0D00, #50BB00, #00AEBB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CC88FF

Lighter +30%#B655FF

Lighter +20%#A022FF

Lighter +10%#8800EE

Darker −10%#4E0088

Darker −20%#310055

Darker −30%#130022

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6B00BB

Less saturated −25%#6817A4

Channel breakdown

R107

B187

Red107 (42%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue187 (73.3%)

Hue274.33°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness36.67%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 6B · G 00 · B BB

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