Recognised as Colour

#6E154A

#6E154A
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Purple

#6E154A is a magenta with RGB values 110, 21, 74 and HSL 324°, 68%, 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#6E154A

RGBrgb(110, 21, 74)

RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.0824, 0.2902

RGB percentages43.1%, 8.2%, 29%

HSLhsl(324.3, 67.9%, 25.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(324.3, 80.9%, 43.1%)

CMYK0%, 80.9%, 32.7%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,214,410

CSS custom property--colour: #6E154A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04346WCAG 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#91EAB5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#24314Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#3E4048no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.9 from the original

Tritanopia#770F2Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.6 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 31.9 Medium violet red · ΔE 35.1 Dark magenta · ΔE 36.2 Dark slateblue · ΔE 37.2 Pale violetred · ΔE 37.2 Rebecca purple · ΔE 38.6

Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 31.95, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#156E39

Analogous#66156E, #6E151D

Triadic#4A6E15, #154A6E

Split complementary#1E6E15, #156E65

Tetradic#6E6515, #156E39, #151E6E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E36CB3

Lighter +30%#DB419D

Lighter +20%#C42584

Lighter +10%#991D67

Darker −10%#430D2D

Darker −20%#180510

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7E054D

Less saturated −25%#5E2547

Channel breakdown

R110

G21

B74

Red110 (43.1%)

Green21 (8.2%)

Blue74 (29%)

Hue324.27°

Saturation (HSL)67.94%

Lightness25.69%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6E · G 15 · B 4A

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