Recognised as Colour

#8B317F

#8B317F
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Purple

#8B317F is a magenta with RGB values 139, 49, 127 and HSL 308°, 48%, 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

#8B317F#8B317F

HEX#8B317F

RGBrgb(139, 49, 127)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.1922, 0.498

RGB percentages54.5%, 19.2%, 49.8%

HSLhsl(308, 47.9%, 36.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(308, 64.7%, 54.5%)

CMYK0%, 64.7%, 8.6%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,122,175

CSS custom property--colour: #8B317F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09218WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness95 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.39:1

Contrast with white7.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A

Inverted#74CE80

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2F4D81no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#4C5A7Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.9 from the original

Tritanopia#913853no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 17.2 Dark magenta · ΔE 20.4 Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.7 Medium violet red · ΔE 26.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 28 Orchid · ΔE 28.9

Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 17.17, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#318B3D

Analogous#6A318B, #8B3152

Triadic#7F8B31, #317F8B

Split complementary#528B31, #318B6A

Tetradic#8B6A31, #318B3D, #31528B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E0A8D9

Lighter +30%#D382C8

Lighter +20%#C65CB8

Lighter +10%#B13EA1

Darker −10%#65245D

Darker −20%#40163A

Darker −30%#1A0918

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A31990

Less saturated −25%#74496E

Channel breakdown

R139

G49

B127

Red139 (54.5%)

Green49 (19.2%)

Blue127 (49.8%)

Hue308°

Saturation (HSL)47.87%

Lightness36.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8B · G 31 · B 7F

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