Colour

#8B316C

#8B316C
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Purple

#8B316C is a magenta with RGB values 139, 49, 108 and HSL 321°, 48%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#8B316C#8B316C

HEX#8B316C

RGBrgb(139, 49, 108)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.1922, 0.4235

RGB percentages54.5%, 19.2%, 42.4%

HSLhsl(320.7, 47.9%, 36.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(320.7, 64.7%, 54.5%)

CMYK0%, 64.7%, 22.3%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,122,156

CSS custom property--colour: #8B316C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08768WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness92.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.63:1

Contrast with white7.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#484848

Inverted#74CE93

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#394A6Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#53596Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.3 from the original

Tritanopia#94314Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.75:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 26.6 Medium violet red · ΔE 27.8 Pale violetred · ΔE 29.2 Dark magenta · ΔE 30.1 Rebecca purple · ΔE 32.6 Dark slateblue · ΔE 33.5

Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 26.63, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#318B50

Analogous#7D318B, #8B313F

Triadic#6C8B31, #316C8B

Split complementary#3F8B31, #318B7D

Tetradic#8B7D31, #318B50, #313F8B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E0A8CD

Lighter +30%#D382B7

Lighter +20%#C65CA1

Lighter +10%#B13E89

Darker −10%#65244F

Darker −20%#401631

Darker −30%#1A0914

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A31973

Less saturated −25%#744965

Channel breakdown

R139

G49

B108

Red139 (54.5%)

Green49 (19.2%)

Blue108 (42.4%)

Hue320.67°

Saturation (HSL)47.87%

Lightness36.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8B · G 31 · B 6C

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Colour values

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