Recognised as Colour

#6E2864

#6E2864
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Dark slateblue

#6E2864 is a magenta with RGB values 110, 40, 100 and HSL 309°, 47%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#6E2864#6E2864

HEX#6E2864

RGBrgb(110, 40, 100)

RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.1569, 0.3922

RGB percentages43.1%, 15.7%, 39.2%

HSLhsl(308.6, 46.7%, 29.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(308.6, 63.6%, 43.1%)

CMYK0%, 63.6%, 9.1%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,219,300

CSS custom property--colour: #6E2864;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05753WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness75.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.77:1

Contrast with white9.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3B3B3B

Inverted#91D79B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#273D66no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#3D4862no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.4 from the original

Tritanopia#732D42no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 25.3 Purple · ΔE 25.7 Rebecca purple · ΔE 27.3 Dark magenta · ΔE 30.1 Midnight blue · ΔE 32.7 Medium violet red · ΔE 36.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 25.29, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#286E32

Analogous#55286E, #6E2841

Triadic#646E28, #28646E

Split complementary#416E28, #286E55

Tetradic#6E5528, #286E32, #28416E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D58DCB

Lighter +30%#C867BA

Lighter +20%#B943A8

Lighter +10%#933686

Darker −10%#491A42

Darker −20%#230D20

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#811571

Less saturated −25%#5B3B57

Channel breakdown

R110

G40

B100

Red110 (43.1%)

Green40 (15.7%)

Blue100 (39.2%)

Hue308.57°

Saturation (HSL)46.67%

Lightness29.41%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6E · G 28 · B 64

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