Recognised as Colour

#87175E

#87175E
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Medium violet red

#87175E is a magenta with RGB values 135, 23, 94 and HSL 322°, 71%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium violet red.

Colour values

#87175E#87175E

HEX#87175E

RGBrgb(135, 23, 94)

RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.0902, 0.3686

RGB percentages52.9%, 9%, 36.9%

HSLhsl(322, 70.9%, 31%)

HSV / HSBhsv(322, 83%, 52.9%)

CMYK0%, 83%, 30.4%, 47.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,853,342

CSS custom property--colour: #87175E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06572WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness82.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.07:1

Contrast with white9.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#343434

Inverted#78E8A1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2A3C60no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#4B4F5Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.1 from the original

Tritanopia#911139no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium violet red · ΔE 24.3 Purple · ΔE 24.7 Dark magenta · ΔE 28.1 Pale violetred · ΔE 33.1 Rebecca purple · ΔE 35.2 Hot pink · ΔE 37.1

Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 24.27, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#178740

Analogous#781787, #871726

Triadic#5E8717, #175E87

Split complementary#268717, #178778

Tetradic#877817, #178740, #172687

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E981C3

Lighter +30%#E255AE

Lighter +20%#DB299A

Lighter +10%#B31E7C

Darker −10%#5B1040

Darker −20%#300821

Darker −30%#040103

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#9B0363

Less saturated −25%#732B59

Channel breakdown

R135

G23

B94

Red135 (52.9%)

Green23 (9%)

Blue94 (36.9%)

Hue321.96°

Saturation (HSL)70.89%

Lightness30.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 87 · G 17 · B 5E

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