Recognised as Colour

#6D154E

#6D154E
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Purple

#6D154E is a magenta with RGB values 109, 21, 78 and HSL 321°, 68%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

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HEX#6D154E

RGBrgb(109, 21, 78)

RGB (0–1)0.4275, 0.0824, 0.3059

RGB percentages42.7%, 8.2%, 30.6%

HSLhsl(321.1, 67.7%, 25.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(321.1, 80.7%, 42.7%)

CMYK0%, 80.7%, 28.4%, 57.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,148,878

CSS custom property--colour: #6D154E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04338WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness67.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.24:1

Contrast with white11.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C

Inverted#92EAB1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#21314Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#3C404Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.9 from the original

Tritanopia#751230no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 29.5 Dark magenta · ΔE 33.9 Medium violet red · ΔE 34.6 Dark slateblue · ΔE 34.9 Rebecca purple · ΔE 35.9 Pale violetred · ΔE 38

Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 29.52, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#156D34

Analogous#60156D, #6D1522

Triadic#4E6D15, #154E6D

Split complementary#226D15, #156D60

Tetradic#6D6015, #156D34, #15226D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E36BB9

Lighter +30%#DA41A4

Lighter +20%#C3258B

Lighter +10%#981D6D

Darker −10%#420D2F

Darker −20%#170511

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7D0553

Less saturated −25%#5D2549

Channel breakdown

R109

G21

B78

Red109 (42.7%)

Green21 (8.2%)

Blue78 (30.6%)

Hue321.14°

Saturation (HSL)67.69%

Lightness25.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6D · G 15 · B 4E

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