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Recognised as Colour

#6E1CFF

  • #6E1CFF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue

#6E1CFF is a violet with RGB values 110, 28, 255 and HSL 262°, 100%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#6E1CFF#6E1CFF
HEX#6E1CFF
RGBrgb(110, 28, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.1098, 1
RGB percentages43.1%, 11%, 100%
HSLhsl(261.7, 100%, 55.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.7, 89%, 100%)
CMYK56.9%, 89%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,216,383
CSS custom property--colour: #6E1CFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11366WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness107.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.42:1
Contrast with white6.42:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3E3E3E
Inverted#91E300

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0064FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0059FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.2 from the original
Tritanopia#226B98no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 105.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.42:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.27:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 15.5Medium blue · ΔE 18.8Blue violet · ΔE 21.4Dark violet · ΔE 24.2Dark orchid · ΔE 36.8Fuchsia · ΔE 44.3
Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 15.54, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ADFF1C
Analogous#1C3CFF, #DF1CFF
Triadic#FF6E1C, #1CFF6E
Split complementary#FFDF1C, #3CFF1C
Tetradic#FF1C3C, #ADFF1C, #1CFFDF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0E8FF
Lighter +30%#D0B5FF
Lighter +20%#AF82FF
Lighter +10%#8F4FFF
Darker −10%#5400E8
Darker −20%#4100B5
Darker −30%#2F0082
Darker −40%#1D004F
More saturated +25%#6E1CFF
Less saturated −25%#7638E3

Channel breakdown

R110
G28
B255
Red110 (43.1%)
Green28 (11%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue261.67°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness55.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6E · G 1C · B FF

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