Recognised as Colour

#6E2B60

#6E2B60
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Dark slateblue

#6E2B60 is a magenta with RGB values 110, 43, 96 and HSL 313°, 44%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#6E2B60#6E2B60

HEX#6E2B60

RGBrgb(110, 43, 96)

RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.1686, 0.3765

RGB percentages43.1%, 16.9%, 37.6%

HSLhsl(312.5, 43.8%, 30%)

HSV / HSBhsv(312.5, 60.9%, 43.1%)

CMYK0%, 60.9%, 12.7%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,220,064

CSS custom property--colour: #6E2B60;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05887WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness75.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.64:1

Contrast with white9.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3D3D3D

Inverted#91D49F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2C3E62no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33 from the original

Deuteranopia#40485Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.4 from the original

Tritanopia#732E41no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 27.1 Purple · ΔE 29.3 Rebecca purple · ΔE 30.7 Dark magenta · ΔE 33.7 Midnight blue · ΔE 35.3 Pale violetred · ΔE 37.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 27.06, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2B6E39

Analogous#5B2B6E, #6E2B3F

Triadic#606E2B, #2B606E

Split complementary#3E6E2B, #2B6E5B

Tetradic#6E5B2B, #2B6E39, #2B3E6E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D491C6

Lighter +30%#C66CB3

Lighter +20%#B748A0

Lighter +10%#933980

Darker −10%#491D40

Darker −20%#250E20

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#81186B

Less saturated −25%#5B3E55

Channel breakdown

R110

G43

B96

Red110 (43.1%)

Green43 (16.9%)

Blue96 (37.6%)

Hue312.54°

Saturation (HSL)43.79%

Lightness30%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6E · G 2B · B 60

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