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Recognised as Colour

#6E25CA

  • #6E25CA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6E25CA is a violet with RGB values 110, 37, 202 and HSL 267°, 69%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6E25CA#6E25CA
HEX#6E25CA
RGBrgb(110, 37, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.1451, 0.7922
RGB percentages43.1%, 14.5%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(266.5, 69%, 46.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.5, 81.7%, 79.2%)
CMYK45.5%, 81.7%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,218,634
CSS custom property--colour: #6E25CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08902WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness95.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.55:1
Contrast with white7.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#404040
Inverted#91DA35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0055CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0052C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.6 from the original
Tritanopia#54567Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.55:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.78:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 10.2Dark orchid · ΔE 14Dark violet · ΔE 14.3Medium blue · ΔE 23.2Dark blue · ΔE 24.5Indigo · ΔE 26.2
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 10.22, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#81CA25
Analogous#252FCA, #C025CA
Triadic#CA6E25, #25CA6E
Split complementary#CAC125, #2ECA25
Tetradic#CA252F, #81CA25, #25CAC0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DBC6F5
Lighter +30%#BF9BED
Lighter +20%#A470E5
Lighter +10%#8845DD
Darker −10%#571D9F
Darker −20%#3F1574
Darker −30%#280D49
Darker −40%#10051E
More saturated +25%#6B07E8
Less saturated −25%#7143AC

Channel breakdown

R110
G37
B202
Red110 (43.1%)
Green37 (14.5%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue266.55°
Saturation (HSL)69.04%
Lightness46.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6E · G 25 · B CA

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