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Colour

#6F04CB

  • #6F04CB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6F04CB is a violet with RGB values 111, 4, 203 and HSL 272°, 96%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6F04CB#6F04CB
HEX#6F04CB
RGBrgb(111, 4, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.4353, 0.0157, 0.7961
RGB percentages43.5%, 1.6%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(272.3, 96.1%, 40.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(272.3, 98%, 79.6%)
CMYK45.3%, 98%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,275,723
CSS custom property--colour: #6F04CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07778WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness91.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.22:1
Contrast with white8.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#292929
Inverted#90FB34

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004FD0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#004DC8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.9 from the original
Tritanopia#564E77no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.22:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.56:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8.8Dark violet · ΔE 10.1Medium blue · ΔE 18.1Dark orchid · ΔE 19.3Dark blue · ΔE 28.3Indigo · ΔE 32.1
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.76, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#60CB04
Analogous#0C04CB, #CB04C3
Triadic#CB6F04, #04CB6F
Split complementary#C3CB04, #04CB0C
Tetradic#CB0C04, #60CB04, #04C3CB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D19EFD
Lighter +30%#B96CFC
Lighter +20%#A23AFB
Lighter +10%#8A08FA
Darker −10%#540399
Darker −20%#380267
Darker −30%#1D0135
Darker −40%#020003
More saturated +25%#6F00CF
Less saturated −25%#6D1EB1

Channel breakdown

R111
G4
B203
Red111 (43.5%)
Green4 (1.6%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue272.26°
Saturation (HSL)96.14%
Lightness40.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6F · G 04 · B CB

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