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Recognised as Colour

#6E315C

  • #6E315C
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#6E315C is a magenta with RGB values 110, 49, 92 and HSL 318°, 38%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#6E315C#6E315C
HEX#6E315C
RGBrgb(110, 49, 92)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.1922, 0.3608
RGB percentages43.1%, 19.2%, 36.1%
HSLhsl(317.7, 38.4%, 31.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(317.7, 55.5%, 43.1%)
CMYK0%, 55.5%, 16.4%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,221,596
CSS custom property--colour: #6E315C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06284WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness77.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.3:1
Contrast with white9.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#414141
Inverted#91CEA3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#34415Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#454A5Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.2 from the original
Tritanopia#743242no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.3:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 29.7Purple · ΔE 34.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 35.5Pale violetred · ΔE 35.6Dim grey · ΔE 38.2Midnight blue · ΔE 39.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 29.73, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#316E43
Analogous#62316E, #6E313D
Triadic#5C6E31, #315C6E
Split complementary#3D6E31, #316E62
Tetradic#6E6231, #316E43, #313D6E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D299C1
Lighter +30%#C276AC
Lighter +20%#B25396
Lighter +10%#91417A
Darker −10%#4B213E
Darker −20%#271221
Darker −30%#040203
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#821D64
Less saturated −25%#5A4554

Channel breakdown

R110
G49
B92
Red110 (43.1%)
Green49 (19.2%)
Blue92 (36.1%)
Hue317.7°
Saturation (HSL)38.36%
Lightness31.18%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 6E · G 31 · B 5C

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