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Recognised as Colour

#6B25E1

  • #6B25E1
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6B25E1 is a violet with RGB values 107, 37, 225 and HSL 262°, 76%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6B25E1#6B25E1
HEX#6B25E1
RGBrgb(107, 37, 225)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.1451, 0.8824
RGB percentages42%, 14.5%, 88.2%
HSLhsl(262.3, 75.8%, 51.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.3, 83.6%, 88.2%)
CMYK52.4%, 83.6%, 0%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,022,049
CSS custom property--colour: #6B25E1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09885WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness100 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.05:1
Contrast with white7.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#414141
Inverted#94DA1E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005CE6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0054DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.3 from the original
Tritanopia#3E6087no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 88.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.05:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.98:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8.7Dark violet · ΔE 14.4Medium blue · ΔE 16Dark orchid · ΔE 22.6Blue · ΔE 28.9Dark blue · ΔE 31.6
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.65, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9BE125
Analogous#253DE1, #C925E1
Triadic#E16B25, #25E16B
Split complementary#E1C925, #3DE125
Tetradic#E1253D, #9BE125, #25E1C9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E5D8FA
Lighter +30%#C6ABF4
Lighter +20%#A87FED
Lighter +10%#8952E7
Darker −10%#551AB9
Darker −20%#41138D
Darker −30%#2C0D60
Darker −40%#170733
More saturated +25%#6307FF
Less saturated −25%#7344C2

Channel breakdown

R107
G37
B225
Red107 (42%)
Green37 (14.5%)
Blue225 (88.2%)
Hue262.34°
Saturation (HSL)75.81%
Lightness51.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6B · G 25 · B E1

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