Recognised as Colour

#8B055D

#8B055D
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Medium violet red

#8B055D is a magenta with RGB values 139, 5, 93 and HSL 321°, 93%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium violet red.

Colour values

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HEX#8B055D

RGBrgb(139, 5, 93)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.0196, 0.3647

RGB percentages54.5%, 2%, 36.5%

HSLhsl(320.6, 93.1%, 28.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(320.6, 96.4%, 54.5%)

CMYK0%, 96.4%, 33.1%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,110,877

CSS custom property--colour: #8B055D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06388WCAG 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 9.22:1

Contrast with white9.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#282828

Inverted#74FAA2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#253A5Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#4B4F5Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55 from the original

Tritanopia#960035no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium violet red · ΔE 21.2 Purple · ΔE 23.8 Dark magenta · ΔE 26.8 Pale violetred · ΔE 34.5 Hot pink · ΔE 36.2 Rebecca purple · ΔE 36.6

Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 21.2, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#058B33

Analogous#76058B, #8B051A

Triadic#5D8B05, #055D8B

Split complementary#1A8B05, #058B76

Tetradic#8B7605, #058B33, #051A8B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F963C6

Lighter +30%#F831B4

Lighter +20%#ED099F

Lighter +10%#BC077E

Darker −10%#5A033C

Darker −20%#29011B

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#90005F

Less saturated −25%#791757

Channel breakdown

R139

B93

Red139 (54.5%)

Green5 (2%)

Blue93 (36.5%)

Hue320.6°

Saturation (HSL)93.06%

Lightness28.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8B · G 05 · B 5D

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