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Recognised as Colour

#6B02E5

  • #6B02E5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#6B02E5 is a violet with RGB values 107, 2, 229 and HSL 268°, 98%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#6B02E5#6B02E5
HEX#6B02E5
RGBrgb(107, 2, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.0078, 0.898
RGB percentages42%, 0.8%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(267.8, 98.3%, 45.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(267.8, 99.1%, 89.8%)
CMYK53.3%, 99.1%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,013,093
CSS custom property--colour: #6B02E5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08826WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness97 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.59:1
Contrast with white7.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#292929
Inverted#94FD1A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0057EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#004FE2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.1 from the original
Tritanopia#3C5B86no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 95.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.59:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 14.4Blue violet · ΔE 15.5Dark violet · ΔE 17.5Blue · ΔE 21Dark orchid · ΔE 30.3Dark blue · ΔE 37.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 14.38, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7CE502
Analogous#020AE5, #DC02E5
Triadic#E56B02, #02E56B
Split complementary#E5DD02, #0AE502
Tetradic#E5020B, #7CE502, #02E5DD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D7B5FE
Lighter +30%#BB82FE
Lighter +20%#A050FD
Lighter +10%#851DFD
Darker −10%#5302B2
Darker −20%#3C0180
Darker −30%#24014D
Darker −40%#0D001B
More saturated +25%#6B00E7
Less saturated −25%#6D1FC8

Channel breakdown

R107
G2
B229
Red107 (42%)
Green2 (0.8%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue267.75°
Saturation (HSL)98.27%
Lightness45.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6B · G 02 · B E5

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