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Recognised as Colour

#87238C

  • #87238C
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#87238C is a magenta with RGB values 135, 35, 140 and HSL 297°, 60%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#87238C#87238C
HEX#87238C
RGBrgb(135, 35, 140)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.1373, 0.549
RGB percentages52.9%, 13.7%, 54.9%
HSLhsl(297.1, 60%, 34.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(297.1, 75%, 54.9%)
CMYK3.6%, 75%, 0%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,856,460
CSS custom property--colour: #87238C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08246WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness91.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.93:1
Contrast with white7.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#404040
Inverted#78DC73

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#03498Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#3B5589no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.1 from the original
Tritanopia#8A3556no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.93:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 6.5Dark magenta · ΔE 8.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.9Indigo · ΔE 22.2Medium orchid · ΔE 22.6Dark orchid · ΔE 27.5
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 6.46, clearly different but related
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#288C23
Analogous#52238C, #8C235D
Triadic#8C8723, #238C87
Split complementary#5C8C23, #238C53
Tetradic#8C5323, #288C23, #235D8C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E196E5
Lighter +30%#D56DDB
Lighter +20%#CA45D0
Lighter +10%#AE2DB5
Darker −10%#601963
Darker −20%#380F3A
Darker −30%#110412
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#9B0DA2
Less saturated −25%#733976

Channel breakdown

R135
G35
B140
Red135 (52.9%)
Green35 (13.7%)
Blue140 (54.9%)
Hue297.14°
Saturation (HSL)60%
Lightness34.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 87 · G 23 · B 8C

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