HEX atlas value

#6F00FF

#6F00FF is a cool purple HEX color nearest UV Purple. RGB 111, 0, 255, HSL 266° 100% 50%, luminance 0.106; view contrast and conversions.

purple cool vibrant

#6F00FF Sample readable text

HEX #6F00FF

RGB rgb(111, 0, 255)

HSL hsl(266 100% 50%)

CMYK cmyk(56, 100, 0, 0)

Luminance 0.106

Contrast Black 3.12:1White 6.73:1

CSS

--color-6f00ff: #6F00FF;
.background-6f00ff { background-color: #6F00FF; }
.text-6f00ff { color: #6F00FF; }

HEX meaning and use

About #6F00FF

#6F00FF is classified as a cool purple value with vibrant visual character. #6F00FF is visually closest to UV Purple, a named purple color with HEX #6F00FF.

The RGB channels are 111, 0, and 255, with blue carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 266deg with 100% saturation and 50% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and high-energy accents. Its luminance is 0.106, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text3.12:1AA Fail

White text6.73:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: none in seed set.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #6F00FF needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000003.12:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF6.73:1 · AA

Accessible Alternatives

#91FF00#91FF00 · #000000 text · best 16.51:1 #4700A3#4700A3 · #FFFFFF text · best 11.69:1 #0011FF#0011FF · #FFFFFF text · best 8.32:1 Han Purple#5218FA · #FFFFFF text · best 7.32:1 #721CE3#721CE3 · #FFFFFF text · best 7.02:1

Generated Palette

UV Purple#6F00FF

#91FF00#91FF00

#0011FF#0011FF

#EE00FF#EE00FF

#A35CFF#A35CFF

#4700A3#4700A3

Color Harmonies

#91FF00#91FF00

#0011FF#0011FF

#EE00FF#EE00FF

#FF6E00#FF6E00

#00FF6F#00FF6F

Variants

#A35CFF#A35CFF

#4700A3#4700A3

#6E00FF#6E00FF

#721CE3#721CE3

#B889F5#B889F5

#8629FF#8629FF

Nearest Named Colors

UV Purple#6F00FF

Cobalt Violet#8F00FF

Han Purple#5218FA

Dark Violet#9400D3

Blue Violet#8A2BE2

Luminance0.106

Black text3.12:1AA Fail

White text6.73:1AA Pass

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#6F00FF","rgb":[111,0,255],"hsl":[266,100,50],"cmyk":[56,100,0,0],"luminance":0.106,"contrast":{"black":3.12,"white":6.73}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":[]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":3.12,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":6.73,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#91FF00","hex":"#91FF00","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.51,"contrastWhite":1.27,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#4700A3","hex":"#4700A3","family":"purple","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.8,"contrastWhite":11.69,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#0011FF","hex":"#0011FF","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.52,"contrastWhite":8.32,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Han Purple","hex":"#5218FA","family":"purple","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.87,"contrastWhite":7.32,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF"]},{"name":"#721CE3","hex":"#721CE3","family":"purple","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.99,"contrastWhite":7.02,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool purple","vibrant","vibrant purple","UV Purple adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","high-energy accents"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/6f00ff.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/uv-purple.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cobalt-violet.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/han-purple.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#91FF00","analogous":["#0011FF","#EE00FF"],"triadic":["#FF6E00","#00FF6F"],"tetradic":["#FF0011","#91FF00","#00FFEE"],"splitComplementary":["#FFEE00","#11FF00"],"monochromatic":["#A35CFF","#6F00FF","#4700A3"]}

Variants

{"light":"#A35CFF","dark":"#4700A3","saturated":"#6E00FF","desaturated":"#721CE3","pastel":"#B889F5","neon":"#8629FF"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"uv-purple","name":"UV Purple","hex":"#6F00FF","distance":0},{"slug":"cobalt-violet","name":"Cobalt Violet","hex":"#8F00FF","distance":32},{"slug":"han-purple","name":"Han Purple","hex":"#5218FA","distance":37.97367509209505},{"slug":"dark-violet","name":"Dark Violet","hex":"#9400D3","distance":57.48912940721924},{"slug":"blue-violet","name":"Blue Violet","hex":"#8A2BE2","distance":58.47221562417487}]

#6F00FF

CSS

About #6F00FF

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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