Colour

#840E5E

#840E5E
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Purple

#840E5E is a magenta with RGB values 132, 14, 94 and HSL 319°, 81%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

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HEX#840E5E

RGBrgb(132, 14, 94)

RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.0549, 0.3686

RGB percentages51.8%, 5.5%, 36.9%

HSLhsl(319.3, 80.8%, 28.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(319.3, 89.4%, 51.8%)

CMYK0%, 89.4%, 28.8%, 48.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,654,430

CSS custom property--colour: #840E5E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06028WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness79.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.52:1

Contrast with white9.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D

Inverted#7BF1A1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#233960no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#474C5Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51 from the original

Tritanopia#8E0837no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.21:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 22.3 Medium violet red · ΔE 23.9 Dark magenta · ΔE 25.8 Rebecca purple · ΔE 33.7 Pale violetred · ΔE 35.5 Dark slateblue · ΔE 37.9

Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 22.29, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0E8434

Analogous#6F0E84, #840E23

Triadic#5E840E, #0E5E84

Split complementary#23840E, #0E846F

Tetradic#846F0E, #0E8434, #0E2384

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F06EC6

Lighter +30%#EB40B4

Lighter +20%#E018A0

Lighter +10%#B2137F

Darker −10%#56093D

Darker −20%#28041C

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#920063

Less saturated −25%#722058

Channel breakdown

R132

G14

B94

Red132 (51.8%)

Green14 (5.5%)

Blue94 (36.9%)

Hue319.32°

Saturation (HSL)80.82%

Lightness28.63%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 84 · G 0E · B 5E

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Colour values

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