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Colour

#8B008B

  • #8B008B
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Named: Dark magenta

#8B008B is the CSS colour magenta with RGB values 139, 0, 139 and HSL 300°, 100%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark magenta.

Colour values

#8B008B#8B008B
HEX#8B008B
RGBrgb(139, 0, 139)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0, 0.5451
RGB percentages54.5%, 0%, 54.5%
HSLhsl(300, 100%, 27.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(300, 100%, 54.5%)
CMYK0%, 100%, 0%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,109,643
CSS custom property--colour: #8B008B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07353WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness89.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.5:1
Contrast with white8.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#282828
Inverted#74FF74

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00428Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#355288no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56 from the original
Tritanopia#902450no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.5:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.47:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark magenta · ΔE 0Purple · ΔE 5.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.4Indigo · ΔE 21.9Medium orchid · ΔE 23Dark orchid · ΔE 24.1
This is a named CSS colourDark magenta (#8B008B)exact match
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usabledarkmagenta

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#008B00
Analogous#46008B, #8B0046
Triadic#8B8B00, #008B8B
Split complementary#468B00, #008B46
Tetradic#8B4600, #008B00, #00468B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FF58FF
Lighter +30%#FF25FF
Lighter +20%#F100F1
Lighter +10%#BE00BE
Darker −10%#580058
Darker −20%#250025
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8B008B
Less saturated −25%#7A117A

Channel breakdown

R139
G0
B139
Red139 (54.5%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue139 (54.5%)
Hue300°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness27.25%
Dominant channelRed and Blue
Hex per channelR 8B · G 00 · B 8B

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