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Recognised as Colour

#A00C90

  • #A00C90
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark magenta

#A00C90 is a magenta with RGB values 160, 12, 144 and HSL 306°, 86%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark magenta.

Colour values

#A00C90#A00C90
HEX#A00C90
RGBrgb(160, 12, 144)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.0471, 0.5647
RGB percentages62.7%, 4.7%, 56.5%
HSLhsl(306.5, 86%, 33.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(306.5, 92.5%, 62.7%)
CMYK0%, 92.5%, 10%, 37.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,488,976
CSS custom property--colour: #A00C90;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0975WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness100.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.12:1
Contrast with white7.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#353535
Inverted#5FF36F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#014B93no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 57.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#4A5F8Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.7 from the original
Tritanopia#A82354no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.12:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.95:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark magenta · ΔE 7.4Purple · ΔE 10.4Medium violet red · ΔE 20.9Medium orchid · ΔE 22.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 26.6Dark orchid · ΔE 26.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark magenta (#8B008B)ΔE 7.42, clearly different but related
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0CA01C
Analogous#660CA0, #A00C46
Triadic#90A00C, #0C90A0
Split complementary#46A00C, #0CA066
Tetradic#A0660C, #0CA01C, #0C46A0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F682E9
Lighter +30%#F253E1
Lighter +20%#EF23D9
Lighter +10%#CF10BB
Darker −10%#710865
Darker −20%#41053B
Darker −30%#120110
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#AC0099
Less saturated −25%#8B227F

Channel breakdown

R160
G12
B144
Red160 (62.7%)
Green12 (4.7%)
Blue144 (56.5%)
Hue306.49°
Saturation (HSL)86.05%
Lightness33.73%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A0 · G 0C · B 90

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