Colour

#6B2072

#6B2072
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Purple

#6B2072 is a magenta with RGB values 107, 32, 114 and HSL 295°, 56%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#6B2072#6B2072

HEX#6B2072

RGBrgb(107, 32, 114)

RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.1255, 0.4471

RGB percentages42%, 12.5%, 44.7%

HSLhsl(294.9, 56.2%, 28.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(294.9, 71.9%, 44.7%)

CMYK6.1%, 71.9%, 0%, 55.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,020,658

CSS custom property--colour: #6B2072;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05374WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness74.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.12:1

Contrast with white10.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#363636

Inverted#94DF8D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0A3C74no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#2F4570no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39 from the original

Tritanopia#6D2D46no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.07:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 15.7 Rebecca purple · ΔE 17 Dark magenta · ΔE 20.4 Dark slateblue · ΔE 21.5 Indigo · ΔE 24.6 Midnight blue · ΔE 25.4

Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 15.74, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#277220

Analogous#422072, #722050

Triadic#726B20, #20726B

Split complementary#507220, #207242

Tetradic#724220, #277220, #205072

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D482DC

Lighter +30%#C75AD1

Lighter +20%#B636C2

Lighter +10%#902B9A

Darker −10%#46154A

Darker −20%#200A22

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7A0E84

Less saturated −25%#5C3260

Channel breakdown

R107

G32

B114

Red107 (42%)

Green32 (12.5%)

Blue114 (44.7%)

Hue294.88°

Saturation (HSL)56.16%

Lightness28.63%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 6B · G 20 · B 72

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#6B2072

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else