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Recognised as Colour

#6E06CF

  • #6E06CF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6E06CF is a violet with RGB values 110, 6, 207 and HSL 271°, 94%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6E06CF#6E06CF
HEX#6E06CF
RGBrgb(110, 6, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.0235, 0.8118
RGB percentages43.1%, 2.4%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(271, 94.4%, 41.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271, 97.1%, 81.2%)
CMYK46.9%, 97.1%, 0%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,210,703
CSS custom property--colour: #6E06CF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0795WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness92.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.11:1
Contrast with white8.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B
Inverted#91F930

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0050D4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#004DCCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.9 from the original
Tritanopia#525179no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 81.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.11:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.59:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8.8Dark violet · ΔE 10.7Medium blue · ΔE 16.9Dark orchid · ΔE 20.7Dark blue · ΔE 29.4Blue · ΔE 31.4
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.84, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#67CF06
Analogous#0906CF, #CF06CC
Triadic#CF6E06, #06CF6E
Split complementary#CBCF06, #06CF0A
Tetradic#CF0A06, #67CF06, #06CCCF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D2A5FC
Lighter +30%#B973FB
Lighter +20%#A141FA
Lighter +10%#8810F8
Darker −10%#54059D
Darker −20%#39036C
Darker −30%#1F023A
Darker −40%#050009
More saturated +25%#6E00D5
Less saturated −25%#6D21B4

Channel breakdown

R110
G6
B207
Red110 (43.1%)
Green6 (2.4%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue271.04°
Saturation (HSL)94.37%
Lightness41.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6E · G 06 · B CF

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