Recognised as Colour

#6D29DD

#6D29DD
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#6D29DD is a violet with RGB values 109, 41, 221 and HSL 263°, 73%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

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HEX#6D29DD

RGBrgb(109, 41, 221)

RGB (0–1)0.4275, 0.1608, 0.8667

RGB percentages42.7%, 16.1%, 86.7%

HSLhsl(262.7, 72.6%, 51.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(262.7, 81.4%, 86.7%)

CMYK50.7%, 81.4%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,154,141

CSS custom property--colour: #6D29DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10058WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness100.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.97:1

Contrast with white6.97:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#444444

Inverted#92D622

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#005CE2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#0056DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35 from the original

Tritanopia#465F85no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 84.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.01:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 7.3 Dark violet · ΔE 13.9 Medium blue · ΔE 18.1 Dark orchid · ΔE 19.7 Dark blue · ΔE 29.6 Medium slateblue · ΔE 31.5

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 7.35, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#99DD29

Analogous#293FDD, #C729DD

Triadic#DD6D29, #29DD6D

Split complementary#DDC729, #3FDD29

Tetradic#DD293F, #99DD29, #29DDC7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E5D9F9

Lighter +30%#C7ADF2

Lighter +20%#A981EB

Lighter +10%#8B55E4

Darker −10%#571DB6

Darker −20%#42168A

Darker −30%#2D0F5E

Darker −40%#180832

More saturated +25%#650AFC

Less saturated −25%#7548BE

Channel breakdown

R109

G41

B221

Red109 (42.7%)

Green41 (16.1%)

Blue221 (86.7%)

Hue262.67°

Saturation (HSL)72.58%

Lightness51.37%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 6D · G 29 · B DD

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