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Recognised as Colour

#B51E7E

  • #B51E7E
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium violet red

#B51E7E is a magenta with RGB values 181, 30, 126 and HSL 322°, 72%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium violet red.

Colour values

#B51E7E#B51E7E
HEX#B51E7E
RGBrgb(181, 30, 126)
RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.1176, 0.4941
RGB percentages71%, 11.8%, 49.4%
HSLhsl(321.9, 71.6%, 41.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(321.9, 83.4%, 71%)
CMYK0%, 83.4%, 30.4%, 29%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,869,822
CSS custom property--colour: #B51E7E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12259WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness110.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.08:1
Contrast with white6.08:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#454545
Inverted#4AE181

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#395280no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 61.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#666B7Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 63.2 from the original
Tritanopia#C2134Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.08:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.45:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium violet red · ΔE 7.3Purple · ΔE 24.3Hot pink · ΔE 24.4Dark magenta · ΔE 24.6Deep pink · ΔE 26.7Orchid · ΔE 29.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 7.28, clearly different but related
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1EB555
Analogous#A01EB5, #B51E33
Triadic#7EB51E, #1E7EB5
Split complementary#32B51E, #1EB5A0
Tetradic#B5A11E, #1EB555, #1E33B5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1AED9
Lighter +30%#EA82C4
Lighter +20%#E356B0
Lighter +10%#DC2A9B
Darker −10%#891760
Darker −20%#5E0F41
Darker −30%#320823
Darker −40%#060104
More saturated +25%#CF0485
Less saturated −25%#9B3877

Channel breakdown

R181
G30
B126
Red181 (71%)
Green30 (11.8%)
Blue126 (49.4%)
Hue321.85°
Saturation (HSL)71.56%
Lightness41.37%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR B5 · G 1E · B 7E

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