Colour

#8B2E81

#8B2E81
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Purple

#8B2E81 is a magenta with RGB values 139, 46, 129 and HSL 306°, 50%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#8B2E81#8B2E81

HEX#8B2E81

RGBrgb(139, 46, 129)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.1804, 0.5059

RGB percentages54.5%, 18%, 50.6%

HSLhsl(306.5, 50.3%, 36.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(306.5, 66.9%, 54.5%)

CMYK0%, 66.9%, 7.2%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,121,409

CSS custom property--colour: #8B2E81;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09028WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness94.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.49:1

Contrast with white7.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#484848

Inverted#74D17E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2A4C83no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#4A5A7Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.6 from the original

Tritanopia#913753no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.81:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 14.8 Dark magenta · ΔE 17.9 Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.3 Medium violet red · ΔE 26.2 Dark slateblue · ΔE 28.2 Orchid · ΔE 28.4

Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 14.8, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2E8B38

Analogous#672E8B, #8B2E52

Triadic#818B2E, #2E818B

Split complementary#538B2E, #2E8B67

Tetradic#8B662E, #2E8B38, #2E528B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E1A4DA

Lighter +30%#D47ECB

Lighter +20%#C857BB

Lighter +10%#B13BA5

Darker −10%#65215D

Darker −20%#3E153A

Darker −30%#180816

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A21793

Less saturated −25%#74456F

Channel breakdown

R139

G46

B129

Red139 (54.5%)

Green46 (18%)

Blue129 (50.6%)

Hue306.45°

Saturation (HSL)50.27%

Lightness36.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8B · G 2E · B 81

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