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Recognised as Colour

#87208B

  • #87208B
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#87208B is a magenta with RGB values 135, 32, 139 and HSL 298°, 63%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#87208B#87208B
HEX#87208B
RGBrgb(135, 32, 139)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.1255, 0.5451
RGB percentages52.9%, 12.5%, 54.5%
HSLhsl(297.8, 62.6%, 33.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(297.8, 77%, 54.5%)
CMYK2.9%, 77%, 0%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,855,691
CSS custom property--colour: #87208B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08048WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness90.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.05:1
Contrast with white8.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3E3E3E
Inverted#78DF74

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00488Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#3A5588no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.6 from the original
Tritanopia#8B3354no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.05:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 5.6Dark magenta · ΔE 7.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 16.5Indigo · ΔE 22Medium orchid · ΔE 22.7Dark orchid · ΔE 27.3
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 5.61, clearly different but related
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#248B20
Analogous#51208B, #8B205A
Triadic#8B8720, #208B87
Split complementary#598B20, #208B52
Tetradic#8B5220, #248B20, #205A8B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E391E6
Lighter +30%#D868DC
Lighter +20%#CD3ED3
Lighter +10%#AF2AB4
Darker −10%#5F1662
Darker −20%#360D38
Darker −30%#0E030F
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#9B0BA0
Less saturated −25%#733576

Channel breakdown

R135
G32
B139
Red135 (52.9%)
Green32 (12.5%)
Blue139 (54.5%)
Hue297.76°
Saturation (HSL)62.57%
Lightness33.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 87 · G 20 · B 8B

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