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Recognised as Colour

#8C008B

  • #8C008B
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark magenta

#8C008B is a magenta with RGB values 140, 0, 139 and HSL 300°, 100%, 27%. 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

#8C008B#8C008B
HEX#8C008B
RGBrgb(140, 0, 139)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0, 0.5451
RGB percentages54.9%, 0%, 54.5%
HSLhsl(300.4, 100%, 27.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(300.4, 100%, 54.9%)
CMYK0%, 100%, 0.7%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,175,179
CSS custom property--colour: #8C008B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0744WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness89.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.44:1
Contrast with white8.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#282828
Inverted#73FF74

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00438Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#365388no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.6 from the original
Tritanopia#912450no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.44:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark magenta · ΔE 0.4Purple · ΔE 5.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.7Indigo · ΔE 22.3Medium orchid · ΔE 23Dark orchid · ΔE 24.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark magenta (#8B008B)ΔE 0.41, indistinguishable to the eye
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#008C01
Analogous#47008C, #8C0045
Triadic#8B8C00, #008B8C
Split complementary#458C00, #008C47
Tetradic#8C4700, #008C01, #00458C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FF59FE
Lighter +30%#FF26FD
Lighter +20%#F200F0
Lighter +10%#BF00BE
Darker −10%#590058
Darker −20%#260026
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8C008B
Less saturated −25%#7B127A

Channel breakdown

R140
G0
B139
Red140 (54.9%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue139 (54.5%)
Hue300.43°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness27.45%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8C · G 00 · B 8B

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