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Recognised as Colour

#8B088A

  • #8B088A
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark magenta

#8B088A is a magenta with RGB values 139, 8, 138 and HSL 300°, 89%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark magenta.

Colour values

#8B088A#8B088A
HEX#8B088A
RGBrgb(139, 8, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.0314, 0.5412
RGB percentages54.5%, 3.1%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(300.5, 89.1%, 28.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(300.5, 94.2%, 54.5%)
CMYK0%, 94.2%, 0.7%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,111,690
CSS custom property--colour: #8B088A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07498WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness89.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.4:1
Contrast with white8.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D
Inverted#74F775

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00438Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#385387no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.1 from the original
Tritanopia#902650no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.4:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.5:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark magenta · ΔE 1.7Purple · ΔE 4.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.7Indigo · ΔE 22.2Medium orchid · ΔE 23Dark orchid · ΔE 25.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark magenta (#8B008B)ΔE 1.73, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#088B09
Analogous#4B088B, #8B0848
Triadic#8A8B08, #088A8B
Split complementary#488B08, #088B4B
Tetradic#8B4B08, #088B09, #08488B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F669F5
Lighter +30%#F438F2
Lighter +20%#EB0EEA
Lighter +10%#BB0BBA
Darker −10%#5B055A
Darker −20%#2B022A
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#930092
Less saturated −25%#791A78

Channel breakdown

R139
G8
B138
Red139 (54.5%)
Green8 (3.1%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue300.46°
Saturation (HSL)89.12%
Lightness28.82%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8B · G 08 · B 8A

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