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Recognised as Colour

#6C00DF

  • #6C00DF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6C00DF is a violet with RGB values 108, 0, 223 and HSL 269°, 100%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6C00DF#6C00DF
HEX#6C00DF
RGBrgb(108, 0, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0, 0.8745
RGB percentages42.4%, 0%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(269.1, 100%, 43.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(269.1, 100%, 87.5%)
CMYK51.6%, 100%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,078,111
CSS custom property--colour: #6C00DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08516WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness95.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.77:1
Contrast with white7.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#272727
Inverted#93FF20

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0055E4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#004EDCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.7 from the original
Tritanopia#435882no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 92 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.77:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 13.5Medium blue · ΔE 14.3Dark violet · ΔE 15.4Blue · ΔE 23.4Dark orchid · ΔE 28Dark blue · ΔE 35.7
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 13.46, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#73DF00
Analogous#0003DF, #DC00DF
Triadic#DF6C00, #00DF6C
Split complementary#DFDB00, #04DF00
Tetradic#DF0003, #73DF00, #00DFDC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D4ACFF
Lighter +30%#BA79FF
Lighter +20%#A046FF
Lighter +10%#8513FF
Darker −10%#5300AC
Darker −20%#3B0079
Darker −30%#220046
Darker −40%#090013
More saturated +25%#6C00DF
Less saturated −25%#6D1CC3

Channel breakdown

R108
G0
B223
Red108 (42.4%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue269.06°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness43.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6C · G 00 · B DF

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