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Recognised as Colour

#8C4180

  • #8C4180
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#8C4180 is a magenta with RGB values 140, 65, 128 and HSL 310°, 37%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#8C4180#8C4180
HEX#8C4180
RGBrgb(140, 65, 128)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.2549, 0.502
RGB percentages54.9%, 25.5%, 50.2%
HSLhsl(309.6, 36.6%, 40.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(309.6, 53.6%, 54.9%)
CMYK0%, 53.6%, 8.6%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,191,808
CSS custom property--colour: #8C4180;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10915WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness101 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.6:1
Contrast with white6.6:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#555555
Inverted#73BE7F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#405682no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#56617Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.6 from the original
Tritanopia#92465Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.6:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.18:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 25.8Dark slateblue · ΔE 26.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 26.9Dark magenta · ΔE 29Pale violetred · ΔE 30.6Orchid · ΔE 30.6
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 25.82, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#418C4D
Analogous#73418C, #8C415A
Triadic#808C41, #41808C
Split complementary#5A8C41, #418C73
Tetradic#8C7341, #418C4D, #415A8C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DFBAD9
Lighter +30%#CF97C6
Lighter +20%#BF74B3
Lighter +10%#AE52A0
Darker −10%#693160
Darker −20%#462140
Darker −30%#241020
Darker −40%#010001
More saturated +25%#A62791
Less saturated −25%#725B6F

Channel breakdown

R140
G65
B128
Red140 (54.9%)
Green65 (25.5%)
Blue128 (50.2%)
Hue309.6°
Saturation (HSL)36.59%
Lightness40.2%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8C · G 41 · B 80

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