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Recognised as Colour

#6E174E

  • #6E174E
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#6E174E is a magenta with RGB values 110, 23, 78 and HSL 322°, 65%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#6E174E#6E174E
HEX#6E174E
RGBrgb(110, 23, 78)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.0902, 0.3059
RGB percentages43.1%, 9%, 30.6%
HSLhsl(322.1, 65.4%, 26.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(322.1, 79.1%, 43.1%)
CMYK0%, 79.1%, 29.1%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,214,926
CSS custom property--colour: #6E174E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04478WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness68 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.08:1
Contrast with white11.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D
Inverted#91E8B1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#23324Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#3D414Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.8 from the original
Tritanopia#761430no 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 text11.08:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 30.2Dark magenta · ΔE 34.6Medium violet red · ΔE 34.7Dark slateblue · ΔE 35.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 36.5Pale violetred · ΔE 37.4
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 30.23, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#176E37
Analogous#63176E, #6E1722
Triadic#4E6E17, #174E6E
Split complementary#226E17, #176E63
Tetradic#6E6317, #176E37, #17226E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E170B7
Lighter +30%#D846A2
Lighter +20%#C2298A
Lighter +10%#98206C
Darker −10%#440E30
Darker −20%#1A0512
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#7F0652
Less saturated −25%#5D284A

Channel breakdown

R110
G23
B78
Red110 (43.1%)
Green23 (9%)
Blue78 (30.6%)
Hue322.07°
Saturation (HSL)65.41%
Lightness26.08%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 6E · G 17 · B 4E

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