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Recognised as Colour

#6B2DCB

  • #6B2DCB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6B2DCB is a violet with RGB values 107, 45, 203 and HSL 264°, 64%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6B2DCB#6B2DCB
HEX#6B2DCB
RGBrgb(107, 45, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.1765, 0.7961
RGB percentages42%, 17.6%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(263.5, 63.7%, 48.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(263.5, 77.8%, 79.6%)
CMYK47.3%, 77.8%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,024,075
CSS custom property--colour: #6B2DCB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09314WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness96.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.34:1
Contrast with white7.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#464646
Inverted#94D234

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0058CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0053C8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.5 from the original
Tritanopia#4E597Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.34:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.86:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 12.6Dark orchid · ΔE 14Dark violet · ΔE 17.3Dark blue · ΔE 23.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 24.6Medium blue · ΔE 25
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 12.56, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8DCB2D
Analogous#2D3ECB, #BA2DCB
Triadic#CB6B2D, #2DCB6B
Split complementary#CBBA2D, #3ECB2D
Tetradic#CB2D3E, #8DCB2D, #2DCBBA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DED0F4
Lighter +30%#C1A6EB
Lighter +20%#A47CE2
Lighter +10%#8752D9
Darker −10%#5524A1
Darker −20%#3F1A78
Darker −30%#29114E
Darker −40%#130824
More saturated +25%#640EEA
Less saturated −25%#724CAC

Channel breakdown

R107
G45
B203
Red107 (42%)
Green45 (17.6%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue263.54°
Saturation (HSL)63.71%
Lightness48.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6B · G 2D · B CB

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