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Recognised as Colour

#8D3078

  • #8D3078
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#8D3078 is a magenta with RGB values 141, 48, 120 and HSL 314°, 49%, 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

#8D3078#8D3078
HEX#8D3078
RGBrgb(141, 48, 120)
RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.1882, 0.4706
RGB percentages55.3%, 18.8%, 47.1%
HSLhsl(313.5, 49.2%, 37.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(313.5, 66%, 55.3%)
CMYK0%, 66%, 14.9%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,252,984
CSS custom property--colour: #8D3078;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09133WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness94.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.43:1
Contrast with white7.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#494949
Inverted#72CF87

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#334C7Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#505A76no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.5 from the original
Tritanopia#95344Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.43:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.83:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 20.1Dark magenta · ΔE 23.4Medium violet red · ΔE 25.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 26.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 30.5Orchid · ΔE 30.7
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 20.15, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#308D45
Analogous#73308D, #8D304A
Triadic#788D30, #30788D
Split complementary#498D30, #308D73
Tetradic#8D7430, #308D45, #304A8D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E1A8D4
Lighter +30%#D482C2
Lighter +20%#C75CAF
Lighter +10%#B33D98
Darker −10%#672358
Darker −20%#411637
Darker −30%#1B0917
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#A51885
Less saturated −25%#75486B

Channel breakdown

R141
G48
B120
Red141 (55.3%)
Green48 (18.8%)
Blue120 (47.1%)
Hue313.55°
Saturation (HSL)49.21%
Lightness37.06%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8D · G 30 · B 78

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