Recognised as Colour

#6B1C50

#6B1C50
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Purple

#6B1C50 is a magenta with RGB values 107, 28, 80 and HSL 321°, 59%, 26%. 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

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HEX#6B1C50

RGBrgb(107, 28, 80)

RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.1098, 0.3137

RGB percentages42%, 11%, 31.4%

HSLhsl(320.5, 58.5%, 26.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(320.5, 73.8%, 42%)

CMYK0%, 73.8%, 25.2%, 58%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,019,600

CSS custom property--colour: #6B1C50;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04535WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness67.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.01:1

Contrast with white11.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#313131

Inverted#94E3AF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#253451no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#3C414Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.2 from the original

Tritanopia#721B33no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.91:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 30.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 33.1 Dark magenta · ΔE 35.2 Rebecca purple · ΔE 35.5 Medium violet red · ΔE 36.5 Pale violetred · ΔE 37.9

Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 30.72, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1C6B37

Analogous#5F1C6B, #6B1C29

Triadic#506B1C, #1C506B

Split complementary#296B1C, #1C6B5E

Tetradic#6B5E1C, #1C6B37, #1C296B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DC77B9

Lighter +30%#D14FA5

Lighter +20%#BC318C

Lighter +10%#93276E

Darker −10%#431132

Darker −20%#1A0714

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7C0B55

Less saturated −25%#5A2D4B

Channel breakdown

R107

G28

B80

Red107 (42%)

Green28 (11%)

Blue80 (31.4%)

Hue320.51°

Saturation (HSL)58.52%

Lightness26.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6B · G 1C · B 50

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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