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Recognised as Colour

#E6289B

  • #E6289B
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium violet red

#E6289B is a magenta with RGB values 230, 40, 155 and HSL 324°, 79%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium violet red.

Colour values

#E6289B#E6289B
HEX#E6289B
RGBrgb(230, 40, 155)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.1569, 0.6078
RGB percentages90.2%, 15.7%, 60.8%
HSLhsl(323.7, 79.2%, 52.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(323.7, 82.6%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 82.6%, 32.6%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,083,675
CSS custom property--colour: #E6289B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20707WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness139.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.14:1
Contrast with white4.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.14:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#595959
Inverted#19D764

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4E689Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 72.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#858997no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 75.8 from the original
Tritanopia#F71260no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.08:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium violet red · ΔE 9.7Deep pink · ΔE 13.3Hot pink · ΔE 18.7Orchid · ΔE 30.1Dark magenta · ΔE 33.5Violet · ΔE 33.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 9.75, clearly different but related
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#28E673
Analogous#D228E6, #E6283C
Triadic#9BE628, #289BE6
Split complementary#3CE628, #28E6D2
Tetradic#E6D228, #28E673, #283CE6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBDFF0
Lighter +30%#F6B1DB
Lighter +20%#F183C5
Lighter +10%#EB56B0
Darker −10%#C41780
Darker −20%#971162
Darker −30%#690C44
Darker −40%#3B0726
More saturated +25%#FF0FA0
Less saturated −25%#C84695

Channel breakdown

R230
G40
B155
Red230 (90.2%)
Green40 (15.7%)
Blue155 (60.8%)
Hue323.68°
Saturation (HSL)79.17%
Lightness52.94%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G 28 · B 9B

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