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Recognised as Colour

#68174B

  • #68174B
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#68174B is a magenta with RGB values 104, 23, 75 and HSL 321°, 64%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#68174B#68174B
HEX#68174B
RGBrgb(104, 23, 75)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.0902, 0.2941
RGB percentages40.8%, 9%, 29.4%
HSLhsl(321.5, 63.8%, 24.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(321.5, 77.9%, 40.8%)
CMYK0%, 77.9%, 27.9%, 59.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,821,707
CSS custom property--colour: #68174B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04064WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness64.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.58:1
Contrast with white11.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C
Inverted#97E8B4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#22304Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38 from the original
Deuteranopia#3A3E49no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.7 from the original
Tritanopia#70152Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.58:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 31.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 34.5Dark magenta · ΔE 36.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 36.8Medium violet red · ΔE 37.1Pale violetred · ΔE 38.9
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 31.56, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#176834
Analogous#5D1768, #681722
Triadic#4B6817, #174B68
Split complementary#236817, #17685D
Tetradic#685C17, #176834, #172268

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DF6CB6
Lighter +30%#D543A1
Lighter +20%#BC2987
Lighter +10%#922069
Darker −10%#3E0E2D
Darker −20%#14050F
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#780750
Less saturated −25%#582746

Channel breakdown

R104
G23
B75
Red104 (40.8%)
Green23 (9%)
Blue75 (29.4%)
Hue321.48°
Saturation (HSL)63.78%
Lightness24.9%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 68 · G 17 · B 4B

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