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Recognised as Colour

#6E1E40

  • #6E1E40
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Pale violetred

#6E1E40 is a red with RGB values 110, 30, 64 and HSL 335°, 57%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale violetred.

Colour values

#6E1E40#6E1E40
HEX#6E1E40
RGBrgb(110, 30, 64)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.1176, 0.251
RGB percentages43.1%, 11.8%, 25.1%
HSLhsl(334.5, 57.1%, 27.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(334.5, 72.7%, 43.1%)
CMYK0%, 72.7%, 41.8%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,216,704
CSS custom property--colour: #6E1E40;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04614WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness67.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.92:1
Contrast with white10.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#313131
Inverted#91E1BF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2E3341no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#43423Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.8 from the original
Tritanopia#77152Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.92:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.92:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Pale violetred · ΔE 35.8Brown · ΔE 36Indian red · ΔE 37Medium violet red · ΔE 40.4Maroon · ΔE 40.7Purple · ΔE 41
Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 35.78, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1E6E4C
Analogous#6E1E68, #6E241E
Triadic#406E1E, #1E406E
Split complementary#1E6E24, #1E686E
Tetradic#686E1E, #1E6E4C, #241E6E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DB7DA5
Lighter +30%#D15589
Lighter +20%#BE346F
Lighter +10%#962957
Darker −10%#461329
Darker −20%#1E0811
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#800D3D
Less saturated −25%#5D3043

Channel breakdown

R110
G30
B64
Red110 (43.1%)
Green30 (11.8%)
Blue64 (25.1%)
Hue334.5°
Saturation (HSL)57.14%
Lightness27.45%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 6E · G 1E · B 40

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