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Recognised as Colour

#6E29DD

  • #6E29DD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6E29DD is a violet with RGB values 110, 41, 221 and HSL 263°, 73%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6E29DD#6E29DD
HEX#6E29DD
RGBrgb(110, 41, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.1608, 0.8667
RGB percentages43.1%, 16.1%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(263, 72.6%, 51.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(263, 81.4%, 86.7%)
CMYK50.2%, 81.4%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,219,677
CSS custom property--colour: #6E29DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10121WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness100.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.94:1
Contrast with white6.94:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#454545
Inverted#91D622

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005CE2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0056DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35 from the original
Tritanopia#485F85no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 84 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.94:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.02:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 7.1Dark violet · ΔE 13.6Medium blue · ΔE 18.3Dark orchid · ΔE 19.5Dark blue · ΔE 29.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 31.4
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 7.1, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#98DD29
Analogous#293EDD, #C829DD
Triadic#DD6E29, #29DD6E
Split complementary#DDC829, #3EDD29
Tetradic#DD293E, #98DD29, #29DDC8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E5D9F9
Lighter +30%#C7ADF2
Lighter +20%#AA81EB
Lighter +10%#8C55E4
Darker −10%#581DB6
Darker −20%#42168A
Darker −30%#2D0F5E
Darker −40%#180832
More saturated +25%#670AFC
Less saturated −25%#7548BE

Channel breakdown

R110
G41
B221
Red110 (43.1%)
Green41 (16.1%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue263°
Saturation (HSL)72.58%
Lightness51.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6E · G 29 · B DD

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