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Recognised as Colour

#6E177C

  • #6E177C
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#6E177C is a magenta with RGB values 110, 23, 124 and HSL 292°, 69%, 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

#6E177C#6E177C
HEX#6E177C
RGBrgb(110, 23, 124)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.0902, 0.4863
RGB percentages43.1%, 9%, 48.6%
HSLhsl(291.7, 68.7%, 28.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(291.7, 81.5%, 48.6%)
CMYK11.3%, 81.5%, 0%, 51.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,214,972
CSS custom property--colour: #6E177C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05383WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness75.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.11:1
Contrast with white10.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#313131
Inverted#91E883

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003C7Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39 from the original
Deuteranopia#25457Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.2 from the original
Tritanopia#6F2C4Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.11:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.08:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 9Rebecca purple · ΔE 13.2Dark magenta · ΔE 13.4Indigo · ΔE 17.7Dark slateblue · ΔE 24.8Midnight blue · ΔE 25.2
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 9.03, clearly different but related
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#257C17
Analogous#3B177C, #7C1758
Triadic#7C6E17, #177C6E
Split complementary#587C17, #177C3B
Tetradic#7C3B17, #257C17, #17587C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D779E6
Lighter +30%#CA4EDE
Lighter +20%#BA27D2
Lighter +10%#941FA7
Darker −10%#480F51
Darker −20%#220726
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#7B058E
Less saturated −25%#61296A

Channel breakdown

R110
G23
B124
Red110 (43.1%)
Green23 (9%)
Blue124 (48.6%)
Hue291.68°
Saturation (HSL)68.71%
Lightness28.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6E · G 17 · B 7C

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