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Recognised as Colour

#840C91

  • #840C91
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark magenta

#840C91 is a magenta with RGB values 132, 12, 145 and HSL 294°, 85%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark magenta.

Colour values

#840C91#840C91
HEX#840C91
RGBrgb(132, 12, 145)
RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.0471, 0.5686
RGB percentages51.8%, 4.7%, 56.9%
HSLhsl(294.1, 84.7%, 30.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(294.1, 91.7%, 56.9%)
CMYK9%, 91.7%, 0%, 43.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,653,969
CSS custom property--colour: #840C91;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07213WCAG 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 8.6:1
Contrast with white8.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F
Inverted#7BF36E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004494no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#2A508Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.5 from the original
Tritanopia#862E54no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.6:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.44:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark magenta · ΔE 4.7Purple · ΔE 7.2Indigo · ΔE 18Rebecca purple · ΔE 18.2Dark orchid · ΔE 20.9Medium orchid · ΔE 21.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark magenta (#8B008B)ΔE 4.71, a close match
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#19910C
Analogous#420C91, #910C5B
Triadic#91840C, #0C9184
Split complementary#5B910C, #0C9142
Tetradic#91420C, #19910C, #0C5B91

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E775F4
Lighter +30%#DF46F0
Lighter +20%#D717EC
Lighter +10%#AF10C0
Darker −10%#590862
Darker −20%#2E0433
Darker −30%#030004
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8E009D
Less saturated −25%#74207D

Channel breakdown

R132
G12
B145
Red132 (51.8%)
Green12 (4.7%)
Blue145 (56.9%)
Hue294.14°
Saturation (HSL)84.71%
Lightness30.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 84 · G 0C · B 91

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