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Recognised as Colour

#7D238E

  • #7D238E
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#7D238E is a magenta with RGB values 125, 35, 142 and HSL 290°, 60%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#7D238E#7D238E
HEX#7D238E
RGBrgb(125, 35, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.4902, 0.1373, 0.5569
RGB percentages49%, 13.7%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(290.5, 60.5%, 34.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(290.5, 75.4%, 55.7%)
CMYK12%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,201,102
CSS custom property--colour: #7D238E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07515WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness87.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.39:1
Contrast with white8.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3E3E3E
Inverted#82DC71

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004791no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#2F518Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.1 from the original
Tritanopia#7E3857no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.39:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.5:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 7.9Dark magenta · ΔE 10Rebecca purple · ΔE 12Indigo · ΔE 18.2Medium orchid · ΔE 22.8Dark orchid · ΔE 25.7
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 7.91, clearly different but related
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#348E23
Analogous#48238E, #8E2369
Triadic#8E7D23, #238E7D
Split complementary#698E23, #238E48
Tetradic#8E4823, #348E23, #23698E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D998E5
Lighter +30%#CA6FDB
Lighter +20%#BB46D1
Lighter +10%#A12DB7
Darker −10%#591965
Darker −20%#350F3C
Darker −30%#110513
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8C0DA4
Less saturated −25%#6E3978

Channel breakdown

R125
G35
B142
Red125 (49%)
Green35 (13.7%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue290.47°
Saturation (HSL)60.45%
Lightness34.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7D · G 23 · B 8E

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