Recognised as Colour

#8B3080

#8B3080
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Purple

#8B3080 is a magenta with RGB values 139, 48, 128 and HSL 307°, 49%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

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HEX#8B3080

RGBrgb(139, 48, 128)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.1882, 0.502

RGB percentages54.5%, 18.8%, 50.2%

HSLhsl(307.3, 48.7%, 36.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(307.3, 65.5%, 54.5%)

CMYK0%, 65.5%, 7.9%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,121,920

CSS custom property--colour: #8B3080;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09161WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness94.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.41:1

Contrast with white7.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#494949

Inverted#74CF7F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2D4D82no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#4B5A7Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.5 from the original

Tritanopia#913853no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.83:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 16.2 Dark magenta · ΔE 19.4 Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.1 Medium violet red · ΔE 26.5 Dark slateblue · ΔE 28 Orchid · ΔE 28.6

Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 16.22, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#308B3B

Analogous#68308B, #8B3053

Triadic#808B30, #30808B

Split complementary#528B30, #308B68

Tetradic#8B6930, #308B3B, #30538B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E0A7D9

Lighter +30%#D381C9

Lighter +20%#C65BB9

Lighter +10%#B13DA3

Darker −10%#65235D

Darker −20%#3F163A

Darker −30%#190917

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A21992

Less saturated −25%#74476E

Channel breakdown

R139

G48

B128

Red139 (54.5%)

Green48 (18.8%)

Blue128 (50.2%)

Hue307.25°

Saturation (HSL)48.66%

Lightness36.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8B · G 30 · B 80

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