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Recognised as Colour

#6F2C4A

  • #6F2C4A
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Pale violetred

#6F2C4A is a red with RGB values 111, 44, 74 and HSL 333°, 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

#6F2C4A#6F2C4A
HEX#6F2C4A
RGBrgb(111, 44, 74)
RGB (0–1)0.4353, 0.1725, 0.2902
RGB percentages43.5%, 17.3%, 29%
HSLhsl(333.1, 43.2%, 30.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(333.1, 60.4%, 43.5%)
CMYK0%, 60.4%, 33.3%, 56.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,285,834
CSS custom property--colour: #6F2C4A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05675WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness73.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.84:1
Contrast with white9.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C
Inverted#90D3B5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#363C4Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#484848no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.4 from the original
Tritanopia#772838no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.84:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Pale violetred · ΔE 34.6Dim grey · ΔE 36.9Indian red · ΔE 37.7Brown · ΔE 39.1Dark slateblue · ΔE 39.1Rosy brown · ΔE 39.9
Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 34.55, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2C6F51
Analogous#6F2C6C, #6F302C
Triadic#4A6F2C, #2C4A6F
Split complementary#2C6F30, #2C6C6F
Tetradic#6C6F2C, #2C6F51, #2F2C6F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D493B0
Lighter +30%#C66E95
Lighter +20%#B74A7B
Lighter +10%#943A62
Darker −10%#4A1E32
Darker −20%#260F19
Darker −30%#010101
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#821948
Less saturated −25%#5C3F4C

Channel breakdown

R111
G44
B74
Red111 (43.5%)
Green44 (17.3%)
Blue74 (29%)
Hue333.13°
Saturation (HSL)43.23%
Lightness30.39%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 6F · G 2C · B 4A

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