Recognised as Colour

#701FF6

#701FF6
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#701FF6 is a violet with RGB values 112, 31, 246 and HSL 263°, 92%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#701FF6#701FF6

HEX#701FF6

RGBrgb(112, 31, 246)

RGB (0–1)0.4392, 0.1216, 0.9647

RGB percentages43.9%, 12.2%, 96.5%

HSLhsl(262.6, 92.3%, 54.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(262.6, 87.4%, 96.5%)

CMYK54.5%, 87.4%, 0%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,348,214

CSS custom property--colour: #701FF6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11079WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness105.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.53:1

Contrast with white6.53:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#404040

Inverted#8FE009

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0061FBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#0058F2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.9 from the original

Tritanopia#376793no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 98.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.22:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 16.5 Medium blue · ΔE 16.7 Blue · ΔE 19.5 Dark violet · ΔE 20 Dark orchid · ΔE 32 Dark blue · ΔE 41.2

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 16.55, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#A5F61F

Analogous#1F39F6, #DC1FF6

Triadic#F6701F, #1FF670

Split complementary#F6DC1F, #39F61F

Tetradic#F61F39, #A5F61F, #1FF6DC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#EDE3FE

Lighter +30%#CEB2FC

Lighter +20%#AF81FA

Lighter +10%#8F50F8

Darker −10%#5709D9

Darker −20%#4407A8

Darker −30%#300577

Darker −40%#1C0346

More saturated +25%#6E16FF

Less saturated −25%#773CD9

Channel breakdown

R112

G31

B246

Red112 (43.9%)

Green31 (12.2%)

Blue246 (96.5%)

Hue262.6°

Saturation (HSL)92.27%

Lightness54.31%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 70 · G 1F · B F6

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