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Recognised as Colour

#6E04C3

  • #6E04C3
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6E04C3 is a violet with RGB values 110, 4, 195 and HSL 273°, 96%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6E04C3#6E04C3
HEX#6E04C3
RGBrgb(110, 4, 195)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.0157, 0.7647
RGB percentages43.1%, 1.6%, 76.5%
HSLhsl(273.3, 96%, 39%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.3, 97.9%, 76.5%)
CMYK43.6%, 97.9%, 0%, 23.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,210,179
CSS custom property--colour: #6E04C3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07342WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness89.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.51:1
Contrast with white8.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#282828
Inverted#91FB3C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004CC7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#004BC0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.9 from the original
Tritanopia#584B72no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.51:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.47:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.9Dark violet · ΔE 10.7Dark orchid · ΔE 17Medium blue · ΔE 20.3Dark blue · ΔE 25.7Indigo · ΔE 28.4
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.91, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#59C304
Analogous#0F04C3, #C304B8
Triadic#C36E04, #04C36E
Split complementary#B8C304, #04C30E
Tetradic#C30F04, #59C304, #04B8C3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CF96FD
Lighter +30%#B864FC
Lighter +20%#A232FB
Lighter +10%#8A05F5
Darker −10%#520391
Darker −20%#36025F
Darker −30%#19012D
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#6E00C7
Less saturated −25%#6B1DAA

Channel breakdown

R110
G4
B195
Red110 (43.1%)
Green4 (1.6%)
Blue195 (76.5%)
Hue273.3°
Saturation (HSL)95.98%
Lightness39.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6E · G 04 · B C3

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