Colour

#6D00DA

#6D00DA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#6D00DA is a violet with RGB values 109, 0, 218 and HSL 270°, 100%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6D00DA#6D00DA

HEX#6D00DA

RGBrgb(109, 0, 218)

RGB (0–1)0.4275, 0, 0.8549

RGB percentages42.7%, 0%, 85.5%

HSLhsl(270, 100%, 42.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(270, 100%, 85.5%)

CMYK50%, 100%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,143,642

CSS custom property--colour: #6D00DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08313WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness94.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.89:1

Contrast with white7.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#272727

Inverted#92FF25

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0053DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#004ED7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.6 from the original

Tritanopia#49557Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 88.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.66:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.7 Dark violet · ΔE 13.6 Medium blue · ΔE 14.7 Blue · ΔE 25.8 Dark orchid · ΔE 25.8 Dark blue · ΔE 33.8

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.74, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#6DDA00

Analogous#0000DA, #DA00DA

Triadic#DA6D00, #00DA6D

Split complementary#DADA00, #00DA00

Tetradic#DA0000, #6DDA00, #00DADA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#D3A7FF

Lighter +30%#BA74FF

Lighter +20%#A041FF

Lighter +10%#870EFF

Darker −10%#5300A7

Darker −20%#3A0074

Darker −30%#200041

Darker −40%#07000E

More saturated +25%#6D00DA

Less saturated −25%#6D1BBF

Channel breakdown

R109

B218

Red109 (42.7%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue218 (85.5%)

Hue270°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness42.75%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 6D · G 00 · B DA

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