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Recognised as Colour

#8E236B

  • #8E236B
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#8E236B is a magenta with RGB values 142, 35, 107 and HSL 320°, 60%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#8E236B#8E236B
HEX#8E236B
RGBrgb(142, 35, 107)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.1373, 0.4196
RGB percentages55.7%, 13.7%, 42%
HSLhsl(319.6, 60.5%, 34.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(319.6, 75.4%, 55.7%)
CMYK0%, 75.4%, 24.6%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,315,179
CSS custom property--colour: #8E236B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08014WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness89.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.07:1
Contrast with white8.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3F3F3F
Inverted#71DC94

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2F456Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#505669no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.1 from the original
Tritanopia#982244no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.07:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.6:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 22Medium violet red · ΔE 22.7Dark magenta · ΔE 25.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 31.9Pale violetred · ΔE 31.9Orchid · ΔE 34.2
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 22.04, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#238E46
Analogous#7C238E, #8E2335
Triadic#6B8E23, #236B8E
Split complementary#358E23, #238E7C
Tetradic#8E7C23, #238E46, #23358E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E598CC
Lighter +30%#DB6FB8
Lighter +20%#D146A4
Lighter +10%#B72D8A
Darker −10%#65194C
Darker −20%#3C0F2D
Darker −30%#13050F
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#A40D73
Less saturated −25%#783963

Channel breakdown

R142
G35
B107
Red142 (55.7%)
Green35 (13.7%)
Blue107 (42%)
Hue319.63°
Saturation (HSL)60.45%
Lightness34.71%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8E · G 23 · B 6B

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