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Recognised as Colour

#6F2EE2

  • #6F2EE2
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6F2EE2 is a violet with RGB values 111, 46, 226 and HSL 262°, 76%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6F2EE2#6F2EE2
HEX#6F2EE2
RGBrgb(111, 46, 226)
RGB (0–1)0.4353, 0.1804, 0.8863
RGB percentages43.5%, 18%, 88.6%
HSLhsl(261.7, 75.6%, 53.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.7, 79.6%, 88.6%)
CMYK50.9%, 79.6%, 0%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,286,498
CSS custom property--colour: #6F2EE2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10824WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness103.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.64:1
Contrast with white6.64:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#494949
Inverted#90D11D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005FE7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0059DFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.5 from the original
Tritanopia#466389no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 85.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.64:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.16:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 7.3Dark violet · ΔE 14.5Medium blue · ΔE 18.7Dark orchid · ΔE 20Dark blue · ΔE 30.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 30.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 7.34, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A1E22E
Analogous#2E47E2, #C92EE2
Triadic#E26F2E, #2EE26F
Split complementary#E2C92E, #47E22E
Tetradic#E22E47, #A1E22E, #2EE2C9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EAE1FB
Lighter +30%#CCB4F5
Lighter +20%#AD88EE
Lighter +10%#8E5BE8
Darker −10%#571BC2
Darker −20%#431595
Darker −30%#2F0F69
Darker −40%#1B083C
More saturated +25%#6711FF
Less saturated −25%#774CC4

Channel breakdown

R111
G46
B226
Red111 (43.5%)
Green46 (18%)
Blue226 (88.6%)
Hue261.67°
Saturation (HSL)75.63%
Lightness53.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6F · G 2E · B E2

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