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Recognised as Colour

#6A185D

  • #6A185D
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#6A185D is a magenta with RGB values 106, 24, 93 and HSL 310°, 63%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#6A185D#6A185D
HEX#6A185D
RGBrgb(106, 24, 93)
RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.0941, 0.3647
RGB percentages41.6%, 9.4%, 36.5%
HSLhsl(309.5, 63.1%, 25.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(309.5, 77.4%, 41.6%)
CMYK0%, 77.4%, 12.3%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,953,053
CSS custom property--colour: #6A185D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04508WCAG 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 11.04:1
Contrast with white11.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E
Inverted#95E7A2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#18345Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#35405Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.3 from the original
Tritanopia#701F39no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.04:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 22.1Dark magenta · ΔE 26.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 26.9Dark slateblue · ΔE 27.6Midnight blue · ΔE 32Indigo · ΔE 33.4
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 22.14, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#186A25
Analogous#4E186A, #6A1834
Triadic#5D6A18, #185D6A
Split complementary#346A18, #186A4E
Tetradic#6A4E18, #186A25, #18346A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DF6FCD
Lighter +30%#D546BE
Lighter +20%#BD2BA6
Lighter +10%#942181
Darker −10%#400F39
Darker −20%#170514
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#7A0868
Less saturated −25%#5A2852

Channel breakdown

R106
G24
B93
Red106 (41.6%)
Green24 (9.4%)
Blue93 (36.5%)
Hue309.51°
Saturation (HSL)63.08%
Lightness25.49%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 6A · G 18 · B 5D

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