Colour

#840D51

#840D51
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Medium violet red

#840D51 is a magenta with RGB values 132, 13, 81 and HSL 326°, 82%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium violet red.

Colour values

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HEX#840D51

RGBrgb(132, 13, 81)

RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.051, 0.3176

RGB percentages51.8%, 5.1%, 31.8%

HSLhsl(325.7, 82.1%, 28.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(325.7, 90.2%, 51.8%)

CMYK0%, 90.2%, 38.6%, 48.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,654,161

CSS custom property--colour: #840D51;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05787WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness77.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.73:1

Contrast with white9.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B

Inverted#7BF2AE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#293753no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#4B4B4Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.1 from the original

Tritanopia#8F002Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium violet red · ΔE 26.4 Purple · ΔE 30 Pale violetred · ΔE 33.2 Dark magenta · ΔE 33.4 Hot pink · ΔE 39 Indian red · ΔE 39

Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 26.44, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#0D8440

Analogous#7C0D84, #840D15

Triadic#51840D, #0D5184

Split complementary#16840D, #0D847C

Tetradic#847C0D, #0D8440, #0D1584

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F16CB8

Lighter +30%#EC3EA1

Lighter +20%#E1168A

Lighter +10%#B2126D

Darker −10%#560835

Darker −20%#270418

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#910053

Less saturated −25%#721F4E

Channel breakdown

R132

G13

B81

Red132 (51.8%)

Green13 (5.1%)

Blue81 (31.8%)

Hue325.71°

Saturation (HSL)82.07%

Lightness28.43%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 84 · G 0D · B 51

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