PURPLE

Electric Violet

#6F00FF
Conversions
HEX#6F00FF
RGBrgb(111, 0, 255)
HSLhsl(266, 100%, 50%)
HSVhsv(266, 100%, 100%)
CMYKcmyk(56%, 100%, 0%, 0%)
Copy CSS
color: #6f00ff; /* rgb */ color: rgb(111, 0, 255); /* hsl */ color: hsl(266, 100%, 50%);
Contrast
On whitePass · 6.73 : 1
On ink blackFail · 2.84 : 1
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About Electric Violet

Electric Violet is the hex color #6F00FF, which translates to rgb(111, 0, 255) in RGB and hsl(266, 100%, 50%) in HSL. On the color wheel it sits at 266 degrees, with a saturation of 100 percent and a lightness of 50 percent. Its OKLCH chroma of 0.293 is high, so Electric Violet is one of the more vivid purple tones here and is easy to overuse at large sizes.

How Electric Violet compares

The closest standard CSS keyword is blue (#0000FF), a CIE76 distance of 13.3 away in CIELAB. That is a visible difference, so the keyword is not a substitute here. In the Tailwind CSS 4.3.1 palette the nearest token is violet-600 (#7F22FE), at a distance of 8.7. Inside this library the closest neighbour is Violet Wheel at 3.9. Sorted by lightness, Electric Violet is number 12 of the 31 purple colors here.

Text on Electric Violet

2 of the five common text colors below clear WCAG AA for normal text on Electric Violet, led by White at 6.73:1. The ratios are computed with the WCAG relative luminance formula, the same one the contrast checker uses, which opens with Electric Violet already loaded as the background.

Contrast of common text colors on Electric Violet. AA normal text needs 4.5:1, AA large text and non-text elements need 3:1, AAA normal text needs 7:1.
Text colorRatioAA normalAA largeAAA normal
White #FFFFFF6.73:1PassPassFail
Ink black #0F0F122.84:1FailFailFail
Mid grey #6B72801.39:1FailFailFail
Dark grey #3741511.53:1FailFailFail
Light grey #E5E7EB5.44:1PassPassFail

Building a palette around Electric Violet

The pairings above give you three classic starting points. The complementary color sits opposite on the wheel and works well as an accent that draws the eye. The analogous colors sit right beside Electric Violet for calmer, harmonious combinations. The triadic pair spaces three hues evenly for a balanced, energetic palette. Open any swatch to explore it as its own color.

Full values for Electric Violet

FormatValue
HEX#6F00FF
RGBrgb(111, 0, 255)
HSLhsl(266, 100%, 50%)
HSVhsv(266, 100%, 100%)
CMYKcmyk(56%, 100%, 0%, 0%)
OKLCHoklch(51.26% 0.2931 288.34)
CIELABlab(38.90 82.02 -96.69)

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