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Colour

#6B20DA

  • #6B20DA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6B20DA is a violet with RGB values 107, 32, 218 and HSL 264°, 74%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6B20DA#6B20DA
HEX#6B20DA
RGBrgb(107, 32, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.1255, 0.8549
RGB percentages42%, 12.5%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(264.2, 74.4%, 49%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264.2, 85.3%, 85.5%)
CMYK50.9%, 85.3%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,020,762
CSS custom property--colour: #6B20DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09221WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness97.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.38:1
Contrast with white7.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3D3D3D
Inverted#94DF25

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0058DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0052D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.7 from the original
Tritanopia#445B82no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 85.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.38:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8Dark violet · ΔE 13.2Medium blue · ΔE 16.3Dark orchid · ΔE 21.1Dark blue · ΔE 29.8Blue · ΔE 30.6
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 7.99, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8FDA20
Analogous#2032DA, #C820DA
Triadic#DA6B20, #20DA6B
Split complementary#DAC820, #32DA20
Tetradic#DA2032, #8FDA20, #20DAC8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DFCEF8
Lighter +30%#C2A2F1
Lighter +20%#A575EB
Lighter +10%#8749E4
Darker −10%#5519AE
Darker −20%#3F1381
Darker −30%#2A0C55
Darker −40%#140628
More saturated +25%#6501F9
Less saturated −25%#713FBB

Channel breakdown

R107
G32
B218
Red107 (42%)
Green32 (12.5%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue264.19°
Saturation (HSL)74.4%
Lightness49.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6B · G 20 · B DA

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