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Recognised as Colour

#6C31D8

  • #6C31D8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6C31D8 is a violet with RGB values 108, 49, 216 and HSL 261°, 68%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6C31D8#6C31D8
HEX#6C31D8
RGBrgb(108, 49, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.1922, 0.8471
RGB percentages42.4%, 19.2%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(261.2, 68.2%, 52%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.2, 77.3%, 84.7%)
CMYK50%, 77.3%, 0%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,090,648
CSS custom property--colour: #6C31D8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10343WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness101.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.84:1
Contrast with white6.84:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A
Inverted#93CE27

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005DDDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0057D5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.8 from the original
Tritanopia#476084no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.84:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.07:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.5Dark violet · ΔE 16.1Dark orchid · ΔE 16.5Medium blue · ΔE 21.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 26.2Dark blue · ΔE 26.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.55, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9DD831
Analogous#3149D8, #C031D8
Triadic#D86C31, #31D86C
Split complementary#D8C031, #49D831
Tetradic#D83149, #9DD831, #31D8C0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6DDF8
Lighter +30%#C8B2F0
Lighter +20%#A987E8
Lighter +10%#8B5CE0
Darker −10%#5622B4
Darker −20%#411A89
Darker −30%#2D125E
Darker −40%#180A33
More saturated +25%#6312F7
Less saturated −25%#7550B9

Channel breakdown

R108
G49
B216
Red108 (42.4%)
Green49 (19.2%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue261.2°
Saturation (HSL)68.16%
Lightness51.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6C · G 31 · B D8

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