Recognised as Colour

#6E01B0

#6E01B0
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark orchid

#6E01B0 is a violet with RGB values 110, 1, 176 and HSL 277°, 99%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#6E01B0#6E01B0

HEX#6E01B0

RGBrgb(110, 1, 176)

RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.0039, 0.6902

RGB percentages43.1%, 0.4%, 69%

HSLhsl(277.4, 98.9%, 34.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(277.4, 99.4%, 69%)

CMYK37.5%, 99.4%, 0%, 31%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,209,392

CSS custom property--colour: #6E01B0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06471WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness84.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.15:1

Contrast with white9.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#252525

Inverted#91FE4F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0046B4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#0048ADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.9 from the original

Tritanopia#604166no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 13.6 Dark violet · ΔE 15.5 Blue violet · ΔE 16 Indigo · ΔE 20.3 Dark blue · ΔE 21.9 Navy · ΔE 24.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 13.64, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#43B001

Analogous#1701B0, #B0019A

Triadic#B06E01, #01B06E

Split complementary#9BB001, #01B016

Tetradic#B01601, #43B001, #019AB0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CE7FFE

Lighter +30%#BB4CFE

Lighter +20%#A819FE

Lighter +10%#8E01E3

Darker −10%#4E017D

Darker −20%#2F004B

Darker −30%#0F0018

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6E00B1

Less saturated −25%#69179A

Channel breakdown

R110

B176

Red110 (43.1%)

Green1 (0.4%)

Blue176 (69%)

Hue277.37°

Saturation (HSL)98.87%

Lightness34.71%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 6E · G 01 · B B0

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