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Recognised as Colour

#6E05DB

  • #6E05DB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6E05DB is a violet with RGB values 110, 5, 219 and HSL 269°, 96%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6E05DB#6E05DB
HEX#6E05DB
RGBrgb(110, 5, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.0196, 0.8588
RGB percentages43.1%, 2%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(269.4, 95.5%, 43.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(269.4, 97.7%, 85.9%)
CMYK49.8%, 97.7%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,210,459
CSS custom property--colour: #6E05DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08538WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness95.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.76:1
Contrast with white7.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B
Inverted#91FA24

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0054E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#004FD8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.4 from the original
Tritanopia#4A5680no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 88 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.76:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.71:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.2Dark violet · ΔE 13.3Medium blue · ΔE 14.9Dark orchid · ΔE 25.4Blue · ΔE 26Dark blue · ΔE 33.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.2, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#72DB05
Analogous#0507DB, #D905DB
Triadic#DB6E05, #05DB6E
Split complementary#DBD905, #07DB05
Tetradic#DB0507, #72DB05, #05DBD9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D5AFFD
Lighter +30%#BB7DFC
Lighter +20%#A14BFB
Lighter +10%#8719FA
Darker −10%#5504A9
Darker −20%#3C0377
Darker −30%#230245
Darker −40%#0A0014
More saturated +25%#6E00E0
Less saturated −25%#6F21BF

Channel breakdown

R110
G5
B219
Red110 (43.1%)
Green5 (2%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue269.44°
Saturation (HSL)95.54%
Lightness43.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6E · G 05 · B DB

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