Colour

#6F00DA

#6F00DA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#6F00DA is a violet with RGB values 111, 0, 218 and HSL 271°, 100%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6F00DA#6F00DA

HEX#6F00DA

RGBrgb(111, 0, 218)

RGB (0–1)0.4353, 0, 0.8549

RGB percentages43.5%, 0%, 85.5%

HSLhsl(270.6, 100%, 42.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(270.6, 100%, 85.5%)

CMYK49.1%, 100%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,274,714

CSS custom property--colour: #6F00DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08441WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness95.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.81:1

Contrast with white7.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#272727

Inverted#90FF25

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0054DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#004FD7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.3 from the original

Tritanopia#4D557Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 87.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.3 Dark violet · ΔE 13 Medium blue · ΔE 15.2 Dark orchid · ΔE 25.4 Blue · ΔE 26.2 Dark blue · ΔE 33.9

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.33, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#6BDA00

Analogous#0200DA, #DA00D8

Triadic#DA6F00, #00DA6F

Split complementary#D8DA00, #00DA02

Tetradic#DA0200, #6BDA00, #00D8DA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#D4A7FF

Lighter +30%#BB74FF

Lighter +20%#A241FF

Lighter +10%#890EFF

Darker −10%#5500A7

Darker −20%#3B0074

Darker −30%#210041

Darker −40%#07000E

More saturated +25%#6F00DA

Less saturated −25%#6E1BBF

Channel breakdown

R111

B218

Red111 (43.5%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue218 (85.5%)

Hue270.55°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness42.75%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 6F · G 00 · B DA

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Colour values

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