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Recognised as Colour

#8C618D

  • #8C618D
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#8C618D is a magenta with RGB values 140, 97, 141 and HSL 299°, 18%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#8C618D#8C618D
HEX#8C618D
RGBrgb(140, 97, 141)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.3804, 0.5529
RGB percentages54.9%, 38%, 55.3%
HSLhsl(298.6, 18.5%, 46.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(298.6, 31.2%, 55.3%)
CMYK0.7%, 31.2%, 0%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,200,013
CSS custom property--colour: #8C618D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16048WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.99:1
Contrast with white4.99:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D
Inverted#739E72

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5E6C8Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#68718Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.5 from the original
Tritanopia#8E6571no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.99:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.21:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 27.7Slate grey · ΔE 28.7Light slate grey · ΔE 29.5Dark slateblue · ΔE 29.6Pale violetred · ΔE 30.2Rosy brown · ΔE 30.2
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 27.74, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#628D61
Analogous#76618D, #8D6178
Triadic#8D8C61, #618D8C
Split complementary#788D61, #618D76
Tetradic#8D7661, #628D61, #61788D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E3D7E3
Lighter +30%#CEB8CE
Lighter +20%#B99ABA
Lighter +10%#A47CA5
Darker −10%#6E4C6F
Darker −20%#503751
Darker −30%#322332
Darker −40%#140E14
More saturated +25%#A843AB
Less saturated −25%#777777

Channel breakdown

R140
G97
B141
Red140 (54.9%)
Green97 (38%)
Blue141 (55.3%)
Hue298.64°
Saturation (HSL)18.49%
Lightness46.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8C · G 61 · B 8D

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