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Recognised as Colour

#6C31E2

  • #6C31E2
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6C31E2 is a violet with RGB values 108, 49, 226 and HSL 260°, 75%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6C31E2#6C31E2
HEX#6C31E2
RGBrgb(108, 49, 226)
RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.1922, 0.8863
RGB percentages42.4%, 19.2%, 88.6%
HSLhsl(260, 75.3%, 53.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260, 78.3%, 88.6%)
CMYK52.2%, 78.3%, 0%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,090,658
CSS custom property--colour: #6C31E2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10876WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness103.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.61:1
Contrast with white6.61:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A
Inverted#93CE1D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0060E7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0058DFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.2 from the original
Tritanopia#3F658Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 85.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.61:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.18:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8.3Dark violet · ΔE 15.6Medium blue · ΔE 19.1Dark orchid · ΔE 19.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 29.5Dark blue · ΔE 30
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.31, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A7E231
Analogous#314EE2, #C431E2
Triadic#E26C31, #31E26C
Split complementary#E2C531, #4FE231
Tetradic#E2314F, #A7E231, #31E2C5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECE4FB
Lighter +30%#CCB7F5
Lighter +20%#AC8AEF
Lighter +10%#8C5EE8
Darker −10%#541CC4
Darker −20%#411598
Darker −30%#2E0F6B
Darker −40%#1B093E
More saturated +25%#6214FF
Less saturated −25%#764EC5

Channel breakdown

R108
G49
B226
Red108 (42.4%)
Green49 (19.2%)
Blue226 (88.6%)
Hue260°
Saturation (HSL)75.32%
Lightness53.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6C · G 31 · B E2

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