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Recognised as Colour

#6A175E

  • #6A175E
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#6A175E is a magenta with RGB values 106, 23, 94 and HSL 309°, 64%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#6A175E#6A175E
HEX#6A175E
RGBrgb(106, 23, 94)
RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.0902, 0.3686
RGB percentages41.6%, 9%, 36.9%
HSLhsl(308.7, 64.3%, 25.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(308.7, 78.3%, 41.6%)
CMYK0%, 78.3%, 11.3%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,952,798
CSS custom property--colour: #6A175E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04485WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness68.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.07:1
Contrast with white11.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E
Inverted#95E8A1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#163460no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#34405Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.8 from the original
Tritanopia#6F1E39no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.07:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 21.3Dark magenta · ΔE 26Rebecca purple · ΔE 26.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 27.4Midnight blue · ΔE 31.5Indigo · ΔE 32.5
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 21.27, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#176A23
Analogous#4D176A, #6A1734
Triadic#5E6A17, #175E6A
Split complementary#346A17, #176A4D
Tetradic#6A4D17, #176A23, #17346A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DF6ECF
Lighter +30%#D644C1
Lighter +20%#BE29A8
Lighter +10%#942083
Darker −10%#400E39
Darker −20%#160514
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#7A0769
Less saturated −25%#5A2753

Channel breakdown

R106
G23
B94
Red106 (41.6%)
Green23 (9%)
Blue94 (36.9%)
Hue308.67°
Saturation (HSL)64.34%
Lightness25.29%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 6A · G 17 · B 5E

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