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Recognised as Colour

#6B2CEF

  • #6B2CEF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6B2CEF is a violet with RGB values 107, 44, 239 and HSL 259°, 86%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6B2CEF#6B2CEF
HEX#6B2CEF
RGBrgb(107, 44, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.1725, 0.9373
RGB percentages42%, 17.3%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(259.4, 85.9%, 55.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.4, 81.6%, 93.7%)
CMYK55.2%, 81.6%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,023,855
CSS custom property--colour: #6B2CEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11159WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness105.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.5:1
Contrast with white6.5:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#474747
Inverted#94D310

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0062F4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0059ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.4 from the original
Tritanopia#2F6890no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 94.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.5:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.23:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.7Medium blue · ΔE 15.9Dark violet · ΔE 17.5Blue · ΔE 25.3Dark orchid · ΔE 26.5Dark blue · ΔE 35.6
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.65, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B0EF2C
Analogous#2C4FEF, #CC2CEF
Triadic#EF6B2C, #2CEF6B
Split complementary#EFCC2C, #4FEF2C
Tetradic#EF2C4F, #B0EF2C, #2CEFCC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0EAFD
Lighter +30%#CFBAFA
Lighter +20%#AE8BF6
Lighter +10%#8C5BF3
Darker −10%#5110D8
Darker −20%#3F0DA8
Darker −30%#2D0979
Darker −40%#1B0649
More saturated +25%#651CFF
Less saturated −25%#7548D3

Channel breakdown

R107
G44
B239
Red107 (42%)
Green44 (17.3%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue259.38°
Saturation (HSL)85.9%
Lightness55.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6B · G 2C · B EF

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