Recognised as Colour

#6F2C49

#6F2C49
Red
Dark
Nearest: Pale violetred

#6F2C49 is a red with RGB values 111, 44, 73 and HSL 334°, 43%, 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 Pale violetred.

Colour values

#6F2C49#6F2C49

HEX#6F2C49

RGBrgb(111, 44, 73)

RGB (0–1)0.4353, 0.1725, 0.2863

RGB percentages43.5%, 17.3%, 28.6%

HSLhsl(334, 43.2%, 30.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(334, 60.4%, 43.5%)

CMYK0%, 60.4%, 34.2%, 56.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,285,833

CSS custom property--colour: #6F2C49;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05662WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness73.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.85:1

Contrast with white9.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C

Inverted#90D3B6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#363C4Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#484847no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.5 from the original

Tritanopia#772837no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Pale violetred · ΔE 34.6 Dim grey · ΔE 36.7 Indian red · ΔE 37.3 Brown · ΔE 38.6 Dark slateblue · ΔE 39.7 Rosy brown · ΔE 39.7

Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 34.57, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2C6F52

Analogous#6F2C6A, #6F312C

Triadic#496F2C, #2C496F

Split complementary#2C6F31, #2C6A6F

Tetradic#6B6F2C, #2C6F52, #312C6F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D493AF

Lighter +30%#C66E94

Lighter +20%#B74A79

Lighter +10%#943A61

Darker −10%#4A1E31

Darker −20%#260F19

Darker −30%#010101

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#821946

Less saturated −25%#5C3F4C

Channel breakdown

R111

G44

B73

Red111 (43.5%)

Green44 (17.3%)

Blue73 (28.6%)

Hue334.03°

Saturation (HSL)43.23%

Lightness30.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6F · G 2C · B 49

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