Information about #6A21D8 color

#6A21D8 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#6A21D8 falls into the Violet Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(106, 33, 216) — 41.6% red, 12.9% green, 84.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 43 / 72 / 0 / 15. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #6A21D8 reads as a strongly colored blue-purple violet and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Burple (#6832E3). Slightly further away sit Purple Amethyst (#6C2DC7) and Purple Blue (#632DE9).

The recipe behind #6A21D8 is rgb(106, 33, 216), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, white text reaches a 7.4:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.8:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #6A21D8 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#6A21D8 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#6A21D8 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #6A21D8

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Burple color link
Burple

#6832E3

Purple Blue color link
Purple Blue

#632DE9

Blue Purple color link
Blue Purple

#5729CE

Purply Blue color link
Purply Blue

#661AEE

Purpley Blue color link
Purpley Blue

#5F34E7

Blurple color link
Blurple

#5539CC

Blue Violet color link
Blue Violet

#8A2BE2

Hot Violet color link
Hot Violet

#7931BB

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#6A21D8
  • RGB106, 33, 216
  • CMYK43, 72, 0, 15
  • CSSrgb(106, 33, 216)
  • HSL264°, 73%, 49%
  • HSL Precise263.934°, 73.494%, 48.824%
  • HSV264°, 85%, 85%
  • HSB264°, 85%, 85%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.416
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.129
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.847
  • GLSLvec3(0.416, 0.129, 0.847)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.416, 0.129, 0.847, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.416, 0.129, 0.847)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB41.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB12.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB84.7%
  • Color FamilyViolet
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID6A21D8
  • DECIMAL ID6955480
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01