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Recognised as Colour

#8B0377

  • #8B0377
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#8B0377 is a magenta with RGB values 139, 3, 119 and HSL 309°, 96%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#8B0377#8B0377
HEX#8B0377
RGBrgb(139, 3, 119)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.0118, 0.4667
RGB percentages54.5%, 1.2%, 46.7%
HSLhsl(308.8, 95.8%, 27.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(308.8, 97.8%, 54.5%)
CMYK0%, 97.8%, 14.4%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,110,391
CSS custom property--colour: #8B0377;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06886WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness86 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.83:1
Contrast with white8.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#282828
Inverted#74FC88

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#083E7Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#415174no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.8 from the original
Tritanopia#931644no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.83:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 8.8Dark magenta · ΔE 11.4Medium violet red · ΔE 21.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 25.3Indigo · ΔE 28.7Medium orchid · ΔE 29.5
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 8.8, clearly different but related
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#038B17
Analogous#5B038B, #8B0333
Triadic#778B03, #03778B
Split complementary#338B03, #038B5B
Tetradic#8B5B03, #038B17, #03338B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FC5EE4
Lighter +30%#FA2DDC
Lighter +20%#EF05CC
Lighter +10%#BD04A2
Darker −10%#59024C
Darker −20%#270122
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8E0079
Less saturated −25%#79156A

Channel breakdown

R139
G3
B119
Red139 (54.5%)
Green3 (1.2%)
Blue119 (46.7%)
Hue308.82°
Saturation (HSL)95.77%
Lightness27.84%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8B · G 03 · B 77

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