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Recognised as Colour

#6C29DB

  • #6C29DB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6C29DB is a violet with RGB values 108, 41, 219 and HSL 263°, 71%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6C29DB#6C29DB
HEX#6C29DB
RGBrgb(108, 41, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.1608, 0.8588
RGB percentages42.4%, 16.1%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(262.6, 71.2%, 51%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.6, 81.3%, 85.9%)
CMYK50.7%, 81.3%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,088,603
CSS custom property--colour: #6C29DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09888WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness99.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.05:1
Contrast with white7.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#444444
Inverted#93D624

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005BE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0055D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.4 from the original
Tritanopia#455F84no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 84.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.05:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.98:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 7.6Dark violet · ΔE 14Medium blue · ΔE 18.4Dark orchid · ΔE 19.1Dark blue · ΔE 28.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 30.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 7.56, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#98DB29
Analogous#293FDB, #C529DB
Triadic#DB6C29, #29DB6C
Split complementary#DBC529, #3FDB29
Tetradic#DB293F, #98DB29, #29DBC5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E4D8F8
Lighter +30%#C6ACF1
Lighter +20%#A880EA
Lighter +10%#8A55E2
Darker −10%#561EB3
Darker −20%#411787
Darker −30%#2C0F5C
Darker −40%#170830
More saturated +25%#640AFA
Less saturated −25%#7448BC

Channel breakdown

R108
G41
B219
Red108 (42.4%)
Green41 (16.1%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue262.58°
Saturation (HSL)71.2%
Lightness50.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6C · G 29 · B DB

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