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Recognised as Colour

#6C13DD

  • #6C13DD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6C13DD is a violet with RGB values 108, 19, 221 and HSL 266°, 84%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6C13DD#6C13DD
HEX#6C13DD
RGBrgb(108, 19, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.0745, 0.8667
RGB percentages42.4%, 7.5%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(266.4, 84.2%, 47.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.4, 91.4%, 86.7%)
CMYK51.1%, 91.4%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,082,973
CSS custom property--colour: #6C13DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08874WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness96.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.57:1
Contrast with white7.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#353535
Inverted#93EC22

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0056E2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0050DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.4 from the original
Tritanopia#445982no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 88.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.57:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 10.4Dark violet · ΔE 13.7Medium blue · ΔE 14.7Dark orchid · ΔE 24.7Blue · ΔE 26.5Dark blue · ΔE 33
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 10.35, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#84DD13
Analogous#131FDD, #D113DD
Triadic#DD6C13, #13DD6C
Split complementary#DDD113, #1FDD13
Tetradic#DD131F, #84DD13, #13DDD1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DBC2FA
Lighter +30%#BF93F6
Lighter +20%#A364F2
Lighter +10%#8735EE
Darker −10%#550FAE
Darker −20%#3E0B7F
Darker −30%#270750
Darker −40%#100321
More saturated +25%#6A00F0
Less saturated −25%#7031BF

Channel breakdown

R108
G19
B221
Red108 (42.4%)
Green19 (7.5%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue266.44°
Saturation (HSL)84.17%
Lightness47.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6C · G 13 · B DD

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