Colour

#6A254F

#6A254F
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Dark slateblue

#6A254F is a magenta with RGB values 106, 37, 79 and HSL 323°, 48%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

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HEX#6A254F

RGBrgb(106, 37, 79)

RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.1451, 0.3098

RGB percentages41.6%, 14.5%, 31%

HSLhsl(323.5, 48.3%, 28%)

HSV / HSBhsv(323.5, 65.1%, 41.6%)

CMYK0%, 65.1%, 25.5%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,956,367

CSS custom property--colour: #6A254F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04952WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness69.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.55:1

Contrast with white10.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#373737

Inverted#95DAB0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2C3750no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#40434Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.7 from the original

Tritanopia#712436no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text10.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 33.7 Purple · ΔE 35.3 Pale violetred · ΔE 36.9 Rebecca purple · ΔE 38.3 Dark magenta · ΔE 39.8 Medium violet red · ΔE 40.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 33.69, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#256A40

Analogous#63256A, #6A252C

Triadic#4F6A25, #254F6A

Split complementary#2C6A25, #256A63

Tetradic#6A6325, #256A40, #252C6A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#D586B6

Lighter +30%#C8609F

Lighter +20%#B63F87

Lighter +10%#90326B

Darker −10%#441833

Darker −20%#1E0B17

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7C1353

Less saturated −25%#58374B

Channel breakdown

R106

G37

B79

Red106 (41.6%)

Green37 (14.5%)

Blue79 (31%)

Hue323.48°

Saturation (HSL)48.25%

Lightness28.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6A · G 25 · B 4F

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