Recognised as Colour

#8F2F72

#8F2F72
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Purple

#8F2F72 is a magenta with RGB values 143, 47, 114 and HSL 318°, 51%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#8F2F72#8F2F72

HEX#8F2F72

RGBrgb(143, 47, 114)

RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.1843, 0.4471

RGB percentages56.1%, 18.4%, 44.7%

HSLhsl(318.1, 50.5%, 37.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(318.1, 67.1%, 56.1%)

CMYK0%, 67.1%, 20.3%, 43.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,383,794

CSS custom property--colour: #8F2F72;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09088WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness94.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.45:1

Contrast with white7.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#484848

Inverted#70D08D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#364B74no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#535B70no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.9 from the original

Tritanopia#98304Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.82:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 23 Medium violet red · ΔE 25 Dark magenta · ΔE 26.2 Rebecca purple · ΔE 30.2 Pale violetred · ΔE 30.3 Orchid · ΔE 32.5

Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 22.99, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2F8F4C

Analogous#7C2F8F, #8F2F42

Triadic#728F2F, #2F728F

Split complementary#428F2F, #2F8F7C

Tetradic#8F7C2F, #2F8F4C, #2F428F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E2A8D1

Lighter +30%#D681BC

Lighter +20%#C95BA8

Lighter +10%#B53C91

Darker −10%#692253

Darker −20%#421635

Darker −30%#1C0916

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A7177B

Less saturated −25%#774769

Channel breakdown

R143

G47

B114

Red143 (56.1%)

Green47 (18.4%)

Blue114 (44.7%)

Hue318.13°

Saturation (HSL)50.53%

Lightness37.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8F · G 2F · B 72

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