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Recognised as Colour

#6B51FA

  • #6B51FA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6B51FA is a blue with RGB values 107, 81, 250 and HSL 249°, 94%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6B51FA#6B51FA
HEX#6B51FA
RGBrgb(107, 81, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.3176, 0.9804
RGB percentages42%, 31.8%, 98%
HSLhsl(249.2, 94.4%, 64.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(249.2, 67.6%, 98%)
CMYK57.2%, 67.6%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,033,338
CSS custom property--colour: #6B51FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15913WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness120 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.02:1
Contrast with white5.02:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#636363
Inverted#94AE05

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0075FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0069F7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.7 from the original
Tritanopia#157D9Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 88.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.02:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.18:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 17Medium slateblue · ΔE 21.2Dark orchid · ΔE 23.4Dark violet · ΔE 25.1Medium blue · ΔE 27.4Slate blue · ΔE 29.7
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 16.95, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E0FA51
Analogous#518BFA, #C051FA
Triadic#FA6B51, #51FA6B
Split complementary#FAC051, #8BFA51
Tetradic#FA518B, #E0FA51, #51FAC0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EAE6FE
Lighter +20%#BFB4FD
Lighter +10%#9583FB
Darker −10%#411FF9
Darker −20%#2806DF
Darker −30%#1F05AD
Darker −40%#16047B
More saturated +25%#684CFF
Less saturated −25%#7A67E4

Channel breakdown

R107
G81
B250
Red107 (42%)
Green81 (31.8%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue249.23°
Saturation (HSL)94.41%
Lightness64.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6B · G 51 · B FA

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