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Recognised as Colour

#6C00BD

  • #6C00BD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6C00BD is a violet with RGB values 108, 0, 189 and HSL 274°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6C00BD#6C00BD
HEX#6C00BD
RGBrgb(108, 0, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0, 0.7412
RGB percentages42.4%, 0%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(274.3, 100%, 37.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.3, 100%, 74.1%)
CMYK42.9%, 100%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,078,077
CSS custom property--colour: #6C00BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06862WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness86.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.85:1
Contrast with white8.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#252525
Inverted#93FF42

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004AC1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0049BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.1 from the original
Tritanopia#58476Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.85:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.5Dark violet · ΔE 11.8Dark orchid · ΔE 16.3Medium blue · ΔE 21.5Dark blue · ΔE 24.2Indigo · ΔE 26.3
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.54, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#51BD00
Analogous#0D00BD, #BD00B0
Triadic#BD6C00, #00BD6C
Split complementary#B0BD00, #00BD0D
Tetradic#BD0D00, #51BD00, #00B0BD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CD8AFF
Lighter +30%#B757FF
Lighter +20%#A124FF
Lighter +10%#8900F0
Darker −10%#4F008A
Darker −20%#320057
Darker −30%#150024
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#6C00BD
Less saturated −25%#6918A5

Channel breakdown

R108
G0
B189
Red108 (42.4%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue274.29°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness37.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6C · G 00 · B BD

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