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Recognised as Colour

#6C09C8

  • #6C09C8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6C09C8 is a violet with RGB values 108, 9, 200 and HSL 271°, 91%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6C09C8#6C09C8
HEX#6C09C8
RGBrgb(108, 9, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.0353, 0.7843
RGB percentages42.4%, 3.5%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(271.1, 91.4%, 41%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271.1, 95.5%, 78.4%)
CMYK46%, 95.5%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,080,392
CSS custom property--colour: #6C09C8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07554WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness90 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.36:1
Contrast with white8.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C
Inverted#93F637

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004ECCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#004BC5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.1 from the original
Tritanopia#524E75no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.36:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.51:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.2Dark violet · ΔE 11Dark orchid · ΔE 18.4Medium blue · ΔE 18.5Dark blue · ΔE 26.6Indigo · ΔE 30.3
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.22, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#65C809
Analogous#0D09C8, #C809C4
Triadic#C86C09, #09C86C
Split complementary#C5C809, #09C80D
Tetradic#C80D09, #65C809, #09C4C8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D0A2FB
Lighter +30%#B771F9
Lighter +20%#9F41F6
Lighter +10%#8610F4
Darker −10%#520797
Darker −20%#370566
Darker −30%#1D0236
Darker −40%#030005
More saturated +25%#6C00D1
Less saturated −25%#6B23AE

Channel breakdown

R108
G9
B200
Red108 (42.4%)
Green9 (3.5%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue271.1°
Saturation (HSL)91.39%
Lightness40.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6C · G 09 · B C8

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