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Recognised as Colour

#84237A

  • #84237A
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#84237A is a magenta with RGB values 132, 35, 122 and HSL 306°, 58%, 33%. 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

#84237A#84237A
HEX#84237A
RGBrgb(132, 35, 122)
RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.1373, 0.4784
RGB percentages51.8%, 13.7%, 47.8%
HSLhsl(306.2, 58.1%, 32.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(306.2, 73.5%, 51.8%)
CMYK0%, 73.5%, 7.6%, 48.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,659,834
CSS custom property--colour: #84237A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07513WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness87.3 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#7BDC85

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1E457Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#425278no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.3 from the original
Tritanopia#8A2D4Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.7 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 12.5Dark magenta · ΔE 16.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 21Medium violet red · ΔE 26.6Indigo · ΔE 28.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 28.7
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 12.47, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#23842D
Analogous#5E2384, #842349
Triadic#7A8423, #237A84
Split complementary#4A8423, #23845E
Tetradic#845E23, #23842D, #234984

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E291DA
Lighter +30%#D769CC
Lighter +20%#CC41BE
Lighter +10%#AC2E9F
Darker −10%#5C1855
Darker −20%#330E2F
Darker −30%#0B030A
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#990E8B
Less saturated −25%#6F3869

Channel breakdown

R132
G35
B122
Red132 (51.8%)
Green35 (13.7%)
Blue122 (47.8%)
Hue306.19°
Saturation (HSL)58.08%
Lightness32.75%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 84 · G 23 · B 7A

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