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Recognised as Colour

#6F30CE

  • #6F30CE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#6F30CE is a violet with RGB values 111, 48, 206 and HSL 264°, 62%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#6F30CE#6F30CE
HEX#6F30CE
RGBrgb(111, 48, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.4353, 0.1882, 0.8078
RGB percentages43.5%, 18.8%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(263.9, 62.2%, 49.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(263.9, 76.7%, 80.8%)
CMYK46.1%, 76.7%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,286,990
CSS custom property--colour: #6F30CE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0995WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness99.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.02:1
Contrast with white7.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#494949
Inverted#90CF31

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005AD2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0056CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.3 from the original
Tritanopia#535C7Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.02:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.99:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 12.1Dark orchid · ΔE 13.3Dark violet · ΔE 17Medium slateblue · ΔE 23.9Dark blue · ΔE 24.8Medium blue · ΔE 25.7
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 12.08, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8FCE30
Analogous#3040CE, #BE30CE
Triadic#CE6F30, #30CE6F
Split complementary#CEBE30, #40CE30
Tetradic#CE3040, #8FCE30, #30CEBE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E2D5F5
Lighter +30%#C5ABEC
Lighter +20%#A882E2
Lighter +10%#8C59D8
Darker −10%#5926A5
Darker −20%#421D7B
Darker −30%#2C1352
Darker −40%#160929
More saturated +25%#6910EE
Less saturated −25%#7550AE

Channel breakdown

R111
G48
B206
Red111 (43.5%)
Green48 (18.8%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue263.92°
Saturation (HSL)62.2%
Lightness49.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6F · G 30 · B CE

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