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Recognised as Colour

#8F228A

  • #8F228A
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#8F228A is a magenta with RGB values 143, 34, 138 and HSL 303°, 62%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#8F228A#8F228A
HEX#8F228A
RGBrgb(143, 34, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.1333, 0.5412
RGB percentages56.1%, 13.3%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(302.8, 61.6%, 34.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(302.8, 76.2%, 56.1%)
CMYK0%, 76.2%, 3.5%, 43.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,380,490
CSS custom property--colour: #8F228A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08819WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness94.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.6:1
Contrast with white7.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#414141
Inverted#70DD75

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#134A8Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#435987no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.3 from the original
Tritanopia#943154no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.6:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.76:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 7.2Dark magenta · ΔE 8.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.5Medium orchid · ΔE 23.1Medium violet red · ΔE 25Indigo · ΔE 25.6
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 7.2, clearly different but related
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#228F27
Analogous#5D228F, #8F2254
Triadic#8A8F22, #228A8F
Split complementary#538F22, #228F5D
Tetradic#8F5E22, #228F27, #22548F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E697E3
Lighter +30%#DC6ED7
Lighter +20%#D344CC
Lighter +10%#B82CB2
Darker −10%#661862
Darker −20%#3D0E3A
Darker −30%#130513
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#A50C9E
Less saturated −25%#793876

Channel breakdown

R143
G34
B138
Red143 (56.1%)
Green34 (13.3%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue302.75°
Saturation (HSL)61.58%
Lightness34.71%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8F · G 22 · B 8A

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