Nerdulator> put something in

Colour

#6F36C3

  • #6F36C3
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#6F36C3 is a violet with RGB values 111, 54, 195 and HSL 264°, 57%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#6F36C3#6F36C3
HEX#6F36C3
RGBrgb(111, 54, 195)
RGB (0–1)0.4353, 0.2118, 0.7647
RGB percentages43.5%, 21.2%, 76.5%
HSLhsl(264.3, 56.6%, 48.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264.3, 72.3%, 76.5%)
CMYK43.1%, 72.3%, 0%, 23.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,288,515
CSS custom property--colour: #6F36C3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09958WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness98.6 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#4C4C4C
Inverted#90C93C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005AC7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0057C0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.8 from the original
Tritanopia#595A79no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.1 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

Dark orchid · ΔE 13.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 19.3Blue violet · ΔE 19.6Slate blue · ΔE 20.4Indigo · ΔE 20.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 13.24, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8AC336
Analogous#3643C3, #B636C3
Triadic#C36F36, #36C36F
Split complementary#C3B636, #43C336
Tetradic#C33643, #8AC336, #36C3B6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DFD2F3
Lighter +30%#C3AAE8
Lighter +20%#A782DD
Lighter +10%#8B5BD1
Darker −10%#582B9B
Darker −20%#422073
Darker −30%#2B154B
Darker −40%#140A23
More saturated +25%#6917E2
Less saturated −25%#7555A4

Channel breakdown

R111
G54
B195
Red111 (43.5%)
Green54 (21.2%)
Blue195 (76.5%)
Hue264.26°
Saturation (HSL)56.63%
Lightness48.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6F · G 36 · B C3

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “6f36c3” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.