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Recognised as Colour

#856F7F

  • #856F7F
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Gray

#856F7F is a magenta with RGB values 133, 111, 127 and HSL 316°, 9%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gray.

Colour values

#856F7F#856F7F
HEX#856F7F
RGBrgb(133, 111, 127)
RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.4353, 0.498
RGB percentages52.2%, 43.5%, 49.8%
HSLhsl(316.4, 9%, 47.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(316.4, 16.5%, 52.2%)
CMYK0%, 16.5%, 4.5%, 47.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,744,831
CSS custom property--colour: #856F7F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17888WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness119.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.59:1
Contrast with white4.59:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.58:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#757575
Inverted#7A9080

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6F7380no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#74767Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.7 from the original
Tritanopia#887074no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.59:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gray · ΔE 13.5Dim grey · ΔE 13.8Slate grey · ΔE 15Light slate grey · ΔE 16.3Rosy brown · ΔE 19.5Dark grey · ΔE 23.7
Nearest named CSS colourGray (#808080)ΔE 13.54, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6F8575
Analogous#806F85, #856F74
Triadic#7F856F, #6F7F85
Split complementary#74856F, #6F8580
Tetradic#85806F, #6F8575, #6F7485

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E3DDE1
Lighter +30%#CCC1C9
Lighter +20%#B4A6B0
Lighter +10%#9D8A98
Darker −10%#695864
Darker −20%#4D414A
Darker −30%#32292F
Darker −40%#161215
More saturated +25%#A4518D
Less saturated −25%#7A7A7A

Channel breakdown

R133
G111
B127
Red133 (52.2%)
Green111 (43.5%)
Blue127 (49.8%)
Hue316.36°
Saturation (HSL)9.02%
Lightness47.84%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 85 · G 6F · B 7F

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