Colour

#6F236F

#6F236F
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Purple

#6F236F is a magenta with RGB values 111, 35, 111 and HSL 300°, 52%, 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 Purple.

Colour values

#6F236F#6F236F

HEX#6F236F

RGBrgb(111, 35, 111)

RGB (0–1)0.4353, 0.1373, 0.4353

RGB percentages43.5%, 13.7%, 43.5%

HSLhsl(300, 52.1%, 28.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(300, 68.5%, 43.5%)

CMYK0%, 68.5%, 0%, 56.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,283,567

CSS custom property--colour: #6F236F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05729WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness76.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.79:1

Contrast with white9.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#393939

Inverted#90DC90

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#183D71no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#36476Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.8 from the original

Tritanopia#732D46no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 17.9 Rebecca purple · ΔE 20 Dark magenta · ΔE 22.4 Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.8 Midnight blue · ΔE 28.1 Indigo · ΔE 28.2

Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 17.86, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#236F23

Analogous#49236F, #6F2349

Triadic#6F6F23, #236F6F

Split complementary#496F23, #236F49

Tetradic#6F4923, #236F23, #23496F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D985D9

Lighter +30%#CC5FCC

Lighter +20%#BD3BBD

Lighter +10%#962F96

Darker −10%#481748

Darker −20%#210B21

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#811181

Less saturated −25%#5D355D

Channel breakdown

R111

G35

B111

Red111 (43.5%)

Green35 (13.7%)

Blue111 (43.5%)

Hue300°

Saturation (HSL)52.05%

Lightness28.63%

Dominant channelRed and Blue

Hex per channelR 6F · G 23 · B 6F

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