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Colour

#6B18EF

  • #6B18EF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#6B18EF is a violet with RGB values 107, 24, 239 and HSL 263°, 87%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#6B18EF#6B18EF
HEX#6B18EF
RGBrgb(107, 24, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.0941, 0.9373
RGB percentages42%, 9.4%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(263.2, 87%, 51.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(263.2, 90%, 93.7%)
CMYK55.2%, 90%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,018,735
CSS custom property--colour: #6B18EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10011WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness101.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.99:1
Contrast with white6.99:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#393939
Inverted#94E710

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005DF4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0054ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.4 from the original
Tritanopia#30638Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 98.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.99:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 15.1Blue violet · ΔE 16Dark violet · ΔE 19.2Blue · ΔE 19.8Dark orchid · ΔE 31.3Dark blue · ΔE 39.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 15.06, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9CEF18
Analogous#1831EF, #D618EF
Triadic#EF6B18, #18EF6B
Split complementary#EFD618, #31EF18
Tetradic#EF1831, #9CEF18, #18EFD6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E5D7FC
Lighter +30%#C7A7F9
Lighter +20%#A877F6
Lighter +10%#8A48F2
Darker −10%#550EC6
Darker −20%#410A97
Darker −30%#2C0767
Darker −40%#180437
More saturated +25%#6708FF
Less saturated −25%#7237D0

Channel breakdown

R107
G24
B239
Red107 (42%)
Green24 (9.4%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue263.16°
Saturation (HSL)87.04%
Lightness51.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6B · G 18 · B EF

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