Colour

#8C137D

#8C137D
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Purple

#8C137D is a magenta with RGB values 140, 19, 125 and HSL 307°, 76%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

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HEX#8C137D

RGBrgb(140, 19, 125)

RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.0745, 0.4902

RGB percentages54.9%, 7.5%, 49%

HSLhsl(307.4, 76.1%, 31.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(307.4, 86.4%, 54.9%)

CMYK0%, 86.4%, 10.7%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,180,029

CSS custom property--colour: #8C137D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07522WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness88.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.39:1

Contrast with white8.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#343434

Inverted#73EC82

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0F4380no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#42537Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.3 from the original

Tritanopia#93224Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.5:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 7.9 Dark magenta · ΔE 10.6 Medium violet red · ΔE 22.8 Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.1 Medium orchid · ΔE 27.5 Indigo · ΔE 27.6

Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 7.88, clearly different but related

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#138C22

Analogous#5E138C, #8C1341

Triadic#7D8C13, #137D8C

Split complementary#408C13, #138C5E

Tetradic#8C5F13, #138C22, #13418C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ED7EE0

Lighter +30%#E751D5

Lighter +20%#E124CA

Lighter +10%#B919A5

Darker −10%#5F0D55

Darker −20%#32072D

Darker −30%#050105

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#9F008B

Less saturated −25%#78276E

Channel breakdown

R140

G19

B125

Red140 (54.9%)

Green19 (7.5%)

Blue125 (49%)

Hue307.44°

Saturation (HSL)76.1%

Lightness31.18%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8C · G 13 · B 7D

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