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Recognised as Colour

#6F26CC

  • #6F26CC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6F26CC is a violet with RGB values 111, 38, 204 and HSL 266°, 69%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6F26CC#6F26CC
HEX#6F26CC
RGBrgb(111, 38, 204)
RGB (0–1)0.4353, 0.149, 0.8
RGB percentages43.5%, 14.9%, 80%
HSLhsl(266.4, 68.6%, 47.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.4, 81.4%, 80%)
CMYK45.6%, 81.4%, 0%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,284,428
CSS custom property--colour: #6F26CC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09125WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness96.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.43:1
Contrast with white7.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#424242
Inverted#90D933

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0056D0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0053C9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.7 from the original
Tritanopia#55577Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.43:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.83:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.6Dark violet · ΔE 14Dark orchid · ΔE 14.1Medium blue · ΔE 22.9Dark blue · ΔE 25Indigo · ΔE 26.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.63, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#83CC26
Analogous#2630CC, #C226CC
Triadic#CC6F26, #26CC6F
Split complementary#CCC226, #30CC26
Tetradic#CC2630, #83CC26, #26CCC2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DCC9F5
Lighter +30%#C19EED
Lighter +20%#A573E5
Lighter +10%#8A48DD
Darker −10%#581EA1
Darker −20%#401676
Darker −30%#290E4B
Darker −40%#110620
More saturated +25%#6B08EA
Less saturated −25%#7344AE

Channel breakdown

R111
G38
B204
Red111 (43.5%)
Green38 (14.9%)
Blue204 (80%)
Hue266.39°
Saturation (HSL)68.6%
Lightness47.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6F · G 26 · B CC

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