Recognised as Colour

#8E5B8A

#8E5B8A
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#8E5B8A is a magenta with RGB values 142, 91, 138 and HSL 305°, 22%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#8E5B8A#8E5B8A

HEX#8E5B8A

RGBrgb(142, 91, 138)

RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.3569, 0.5412

RGB percentages55.7%, 35.7%, 54.1%

HSLhsl(304.7, 21.9%, 45.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(304.7, 35.9%, 55.7%)

CMYK0%, 35.9%, 2.8%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,329,546

CSS custom property--colour: #8E5B8A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15068WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness114.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.23:1

Contrast with white5.23:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#696969

Inverted#71A475

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#59688Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#656F88no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original

Tritanopia#925F6Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.01:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 28.3 Pale violetred · ΔE 28.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 28.8 Rosy brown · ΔE 32.2 Slate grey · ΔE 32.4 Light slate grey · ΔE 33.2

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 28.26, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#5B8E5F

Analogous#795B8E, #8E5B70

Triadic#8A8E5B, #5B8A8E

Split complementary#708E5B, #5B8E79

Tetradic#8E795B, #5B8E5F, #5B708E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#E2D3E1

Lighter +30%#CFB3CC

Lighter +20%#BB94B8

Lighter +10%#A775A3

Darker −10%#6F476C

Darker −20%#50334E

Darker −30%#311F2F

Darker −40%#120B11

More saturated +25%#AB3EA3

Less saturated −25%#757575

Channel breakdown

R142

G91

B138

Red142 (55.7%)

Green91 (35.7%)

Blue138 (54.1%)

Hue304.71°

Saturation (HSL)21.89%

Lightness45.69%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8E · G 5B · B 8A

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