Recognised as Colour

#6E2B58

#6E2B58
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Dark slateblue

#6E2B58 is a magenta with RGB values 110, 43, 88 and HSL 320°, 44%, 30%. 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

#6E2B58#6E2B58

HEX#6E2B58

RGBrgb(110, 43, 88)

RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.1686, 0.3451

RGB percentages43.1%, 16.9%, 34.5%

HSLhsl(319.7, 43.8%, 30%)

HSV / HSBhsv(319.7, 60.9%, 43.1%)

CMYK0%, 60.9%, 20%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,220,056

CSS custom property--colour: #6E2B58;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05747WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness74.7 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#3C3C3C

Inverted#91D4A7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#303D59no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#434856no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.2 from the original

Tritanopia#752B3Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.4 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 31 Purple · ΔE 33.5 Rebecca purple · ΔE 35.6 Pale violetred · ΔE 35.8 Dark magenta · ΔE 37.9 Medium violet red · ΔE 39.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 30.96, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2B6E41

Analogous#632B6E, #6E2B36

Triadic#586E2B, #2B586E

Split complementary#376E2B, #2B6E63

Tetradic#6E622B, #2B6E41, #2B366E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D491BE

Lighter +30%#C66CA8

Lighter +20%#B74893

Lighter +10%#933975

Darker −10%#491D3B

Darker −20%#250E1D

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#81185F

Less saturated −25%#5B3E51

Channel breakdown

R110

G43

B88

Red110 (43.1%)

Green43 (16.9%)

Blue88 (34.5%)

Hue319.7°

Saturation (HSL)43.79%

Lightness30%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6E · G 2B · B 58

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