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Recognised as Colour

#6E09ED

  • #6E09ED
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#6E09ED is a violet with RGB values 110, 9, 237 and HSL 267°, 93%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#6E09ED#6E09ED
HEX#6E09ED
RGBrgb(110, 9, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.0353, 0.9294
RGB percentages43.1%, 3.5%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(266.6, 92.7%, 48.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.6, 96.2%, 92.9%)
CMYK53.6%, 96.2%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,211,501
CSS custom property--colour: #6E09ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09625WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness100.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.18:1
Contrast with white7.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F
Inverted#91F612

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005BF2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0053E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.3 from the original
Tritanopia#3B5F8Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 97.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.18:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.92:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 15.8Blue violet · ΔE 17.1Blue · ΔE 19.2Dark violet · ΔE 19.2Dark orchid · ΔE 32.2Dark blue · ΔE 40.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 15.77, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#88ED09
Analogous#0916ED, #E009ED
Triadic#ED6E09, #09ED6E
Split complementary#EDE009, #16ED09
Tetradic#ED0916, #88ED09, #09EDE0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DEC5FD
Lighter +30%#C294FB
Lighter +20%#A563F9
Lighter +10%#8932F7
Darker −10%#5707BC
Darker −20%#40058B
Darker −30%#2A035A
Darker −40%#130228
More saturated +25%#6D00F6
Less saturated −25%#7228CE

Channel breakdown

R110
G9
B237
Red110 (43.1%)
Green9 (3.5%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue266.58°
Saturation (HSL)92.68%
Lightness48.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6E · G 09 · B ED

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