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Recognised as Colour

#6B2EEA

  • #6B2EEA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6B2EEA is a violet with RGB values 107, 46, 234 and HSL 259°, 82%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6B2EEA#6B2EEA
HEX#6B2EEA
RGBrgb(107, 46, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.1804, 0.9176
RGB percentages42%, 18%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(259.5, 81.7%, 54.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.5, 80.3%, 91.8%)
CMYK54.3%, 80.3%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,024,362
CSS custom property--colour: #6B2EEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1102WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness104.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.55:1
Contrast with white6.55:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#494949
Inverted#94D115

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0061EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0058E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.4 from the original
Tritanopia#35678Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 91.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.55:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.2:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.8Dark violet · ΔE 16.4Medium blue · ΔE 16.6Dark orchid · ΔE 23.9Blue · ΔE 28.2Dark blue · ΔE 33.3
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.78, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ADEA2E
Analogous#2E4FEA, #C92EEA
Triadic#EA6B2E, #2EEA6B
Split complementary#EAC92E, #4FEA2E
Tetradic#EA2E4F, #ADEA2E, #2EEAC9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EEE7FD
Lighter +30%#CDB9F8
Lighter +20%#AD8BF3
Lighter +10%#8C5CEF
Darker −10%#5215D0
Darker −20%#3F10A2
Darker −30%#2D0C73
Darker −40%#1B0745
More saturated +25%#6419FF
Less saturated −25%#754BCD

Channel breakdown

R107
G46
B234
Red107 (42%)
Green46 (18%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue259.47°
Saturation (HSL)81.74%
Lightness54.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6B · G 2E · B EA

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