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Recognised as Colour

#7E238C

  • #7E238C
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#7E238C is a magenta with RGB values 126, 35, 140 and HSL 292°, 60%, 34%. 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

#7E238C#7E238C
HEX#7E238C
RGBrgb(126, 35, 140)
RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.1373, 0.549
RGB percentages49.4%, 13.7%, 54.9%
HSLhsl(292, 60%, 34.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(292, 75%, 54.9%)
CMYK10%, 75%, 0%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,266,636
CSS custom property--colour: #7E238C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07531WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness87.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.38:1
Contrast with white8.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3E3E3E
Inverted#81DC73

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00478Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#32518Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.1 from the original
Tritanopia#7F3756no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.38:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.51:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 7.6Dark magenta · ΔE 10Rebecca purple · ΔE 12.7Indigo · ΔE 19.1Medium orchid · ΔE 23.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 26.7
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 7.55, clearly different but related
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#318C23
Analogous#49238C, #8C2366
Triadic#8C7E23, #238C7E
Split complementary#668C23, #238C4A
Tetradic#8C4A23, #318C23, #23668C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DA96E5
Lighter +30%#CC6DDB
Lighter +20%#BE45D0
Lighter +10%#A32DB5
Darker −10%#591963
Darker −20%#350F3A
Darker −30%#100412
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8E0DA2
Less saturated −25%#6E3976

Channel breakdown

R126
G35
B140
Red126 (49.4%)
Green35 (13.7%)
Blue140 (54.9%)
Hue292°
Saturation (HSL)60%
Lightness34.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7E · G 23 · B 8C

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