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Recognised as Colour

#6E2949

  • #6E2949
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Pale violetred

#6E2949 is a red with RGB values 110, 41, 73 and HSL 332°, 46%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale violetred.

Colour values

#6E2949#6E2949
HEX#6E2949
RGBrgb(110, 41, 73)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.1608, 0.2863
RGB percentages43.1%, 16.1%, 28.6%
HSLhsl(332.2, 45.7%, 29.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(332.2, 62.7%, 43.1%)
CMYK0%, 62.7%, 33.6%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,219,529
CSS custom property--colour: #6E2949;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05382WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness72.2 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#3A3A3A
Inverted#91D6B6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#333A4Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#464647no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.2 from the original
Tritanopia#762536no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.3 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

Pale violetred · ΔE 35Dim grey · ΔE 38.2Indian red · ΔE 38.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 38.8Brown · ΔE 39.3Purple · ΔE 40.7
Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 34.99, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#296E4E
Analogous#6E296C, #6E2B29
Triadic#496E29, #29496E
Split complementary#296E2B, #296C6E
Tetradic#6C6E29, #296E4E, #2B296E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D58EAF
Lighter +30%#C76995
Lighter +20%#B8457A
Lighter +10%#933762
Darker −10%#491B30
Darker −20%#240D18
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#811648
Less saturated −25%#5B3C4A

Channel breakdown

R110
G41
B73
Red110 (43.1%)
Green41 (16.1%)
Blue73 (28.6%)
Hue332.17°
Saturation (HSL)45.7%
Lightness29.61%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 6E · G 29 · B 49

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