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Recognised as Colour

#8E1352

  • #8E1352
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium violet red

#8E1352 is a magenta with RGB values 142, 19, 82 and HSL 329°, 76%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium violet red.

Colour values

#8E1352#8E1352
HEX#8E1352
RGBrgb(142, 19, 82)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.0745, 0.3216
RGB percentages55.7%, 7.5%, 32.2%
HSLhsl(329.3, 76.4%, 31.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(329.3, 86.6%, 55.7%)
CMYK0%, 86.6%, 42.3%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,311,058
CSS custom property--colour: #8E1352;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06826WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness83.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.88:1
Contrast with white8.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#323232
Inverted#71ECAD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#313C53no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#53524Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.4 from the original
Tritanopia#9A0032no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.88:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium violet red · ΔE 25.2Pale violetred · ΔE 30.4Purple · ΔE 33Indian red · ΔE 35.1Brown · ΔE 35.3Dark magenta · ΔE 36
Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 25.21, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#138E4F
Analogous#8C138E, #8E1315
Triadic#528E13, #13528E
Split complementary#158E13, #138E8C
Tetradic#8E8C13, #138E4F, #13158E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EE7FB8
Lighter +30%#E8529F
Lighter +20%#E22586
Lighter +10%#BB196C
Darker −10%#610D38
Darker −20%#34071E
Darker −30%#070104
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#A10052
Less saturated −25%#7A2752

Channel breakdown

R142
G19
B82
Red142 (55.7%)
Green19 (7.5%)
Blue82 (32.2%)
Hue329.27°
Saturation (HSL)76.4%
Lightness31.57%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8E · G 13 · B 52

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