Recognised as Colour

#6D174A

#6D174A
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Purple

#6D174A is a magenta with RGB values 109, 23, 74 and HSL 324°, 65%, 26%. 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#6D174A

RGBrgb(109, 23, 74)

RGB (0–1)0.4275, 0.0902, 0.2902

RGB percentages42.7%, 9%, 29%

HSLhsl(324.4, 65.2%, 25.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(324.4, 78.9%, 42.7%)

CMYK0%, 78.9%, 32.1%, 57.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,149,386

CSS custom property--colour: #6D174A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04358WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness67 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.22:1

Contrast with white11.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D

Inverted#92E8B5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#25314Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#3E4048no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41 from the original

Tritanopia#75122Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 32.5 Medium violet red · ΔE 35.9 Dark slateblue · ΔE 36.8 Dark magenta · ΔE 36.8 Pale violetred · ΔE 37.2 Rebecca purple · ΔE 38.6

Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 32.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#176D3A

Analogous#65176D, #6D171F

Triadic#4A6D17, #174A6D

Split complementary#1F6D17, #176D65

Tetradic#6D6517, #176D3A, #171F6D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E16FB3

Lighter +30%#D8459C

Lighter +20%#C12983

Lighter +10%#972067

Darker −10%#430E2D

Darker −20%#190511

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7E064D

Less saturated −25%#5C2747

Channel breakdown

R109

G23

B74

Red109 (42.7%)

Green23 (9%)

Blue74 (29%)

Hue324.42°

Saturation (HSL)65.15%

Lightness25.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6D · G 17 · B 4A

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