#69104F

sRGB: 105 / 16 / 79

#69104F belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 105 red, 16 green and 79 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 317.5° lands in the rose region. Its 73.6% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 23.7% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (11.75:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 105, 16, 79
HSL: 317.53°, 73.55%, 23.73%
HSV / HSB: 317.53°, 84.76%, 41.18%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 84.76%, 24.76%, 58.82%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 7.422, 3.939, 7.767
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 23.468, 43.592, -14.891
WCAG relative luminance: 0.03938
24-bit decimal: 6885455

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #69104F in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 1.79:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

White text: 11.75:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#10692A sits half a turn (180°) from #69104F on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#69104F #10692A

Analogous

#571069 and #691022 sit 30° to either side of #69104F. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#571069 #69104F #691022

Triadic

#69104F, #4F6910 and #104F69 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#69104F #4F6910 #104F69

Split complementary

Start at #69104F and look across the wheel. #226910 and #106957 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#69104F #226910 #106957

Square

Starting with #69104F, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #695710, #10692A, then #102269. Across the square, #69104F pairs with #10692A, and #695710 with #102269.

#69104F #695710 #10692A #102269

Tetradic

#69104F and #10692A are opposites, as are #692A10 and #104F69. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#69104F #692A10 #10692A #104F69

Tints

Mixing #69104F with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #874072, keeps 80% of the original. By #E1CFDC, the mixture is 80% white.

#69104F #874072 #A57095 #C39FB9 #E1CFDC #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #69104F with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #540D3F, keeps 80% of the original. By #150310, the mixture is 80% black.

#69104F #540D3F #3F0A2F #2A0620 #150310 #000000

Tones

Mixing #69104F with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #6E2659, keeps 80% of the original. By #7B6A76, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#69104F #6E2659 #723D63 #77536C #7B6A76 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#69104F

RGB

rgb(105 16 79)

HSL

hsl(317.528 73.554% 23.725%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #69104F;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#69104F uses 105 red, 16 green and 79 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 41.2%

Green 6.3%

Blue 31.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #69104F is 0.0% cyan, 84.8% magenta, 24.8% yellow and 58.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 84.8%

Yellow 24.8%

Black 58.8%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #661155. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #615 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #69104F when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #660066, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #661155 Nearest web-safe: #660066

Gradient to complement

#69104F #5A1F49 #4B2E43 #3D3D3D #2E4B36 #1F5A30 #10692A

Color vision previews

Compare how #69104F appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#1B2F51

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#373D4D

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#70102F

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#44294F

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#4A334E

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#691646

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#383838

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#552945

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.14126 G 0.00518 B 0.07819

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.37667 G 0.09789 B 0.30149

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.11710 G 0.00970 B 0.07398

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.388 y 0.206 Y 3.939

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 58.824 M % 93.725 Y % 69.020

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

01101001 00010000 01001111