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Recognised as Colour

#905E8E

  • #905E8E
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#905E8E is a magenta with RGB values 144, 94, 142 and HSL 302°, 21%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#905E8E#905E8E
HEX#905E8E
RGBrgb(144, 94, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0.3686, 0.5569
RGB percentages56.5%, 36.9%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(302.4, 21%, 46.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(302.4, 34.7%, 56.5%)
CMYK0%, 34.7%, 1.4%, 43.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,461,390
CSS custom property--colour: #905E8E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15888WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness117 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.03:1
Contrast with white5.03:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6C6C6C
Inverted#6FA171

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5B6B90no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#68718Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.6 from the original
Tritanopia#936270no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.03:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.18:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 27.1Pale violetred · ΔE 28.7Dark slateblue · ΔE 28.8Rosy brown · ΔE 32.1Slate grey · ΔE 32.1Light slate grey · ΔE 32.8
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 27.12, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5E9060
Analogous#795E90, #905E75
Triadic#8E905E, #5E8E90
Split complementary#75905E, #5E9079
Tetradic#90795E, #5E9060, #5E7590

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E4D6E4
Lighter +30%#D0B7CF
Lighter +20%#BC98BA
Lighter +10%#A879A6
Darker −10%#714A70
Darker −20%#523651
Darker −30%#332233
Darker −40%#150D14
More saturated +25%#AE40A9
Less saturated −25%#777777

Channel breakdown

R144
G94
B142
Red144 (56.5%)
Green94 (36.9%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue302.4°
Saturation (HSL)21.01%
Lightness46.67%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 90 · G 5E · B 8E

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