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Recognised as Colour

#BD2879

  • #BD2879
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium violet red

#BD2879 is a magenta with RGB values 189, 40, 121 and HSL 327°, 65%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium violet red.

Colour values

#BD2879#BD2879
HEX#BD2879
RGBrgb(189, 40, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.1569, 0.4745
RGB percentages74.1%, 15.7%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(327.4, 65.1%, 44.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(327.4, 78.8%, 74.1%)
CMYK0%, 78.8%, 36%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,396,665
CSS custom property--colour: #BD2879;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13717WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness115.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.61:1
Contrast with white5.61:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4E4E4E
Inverted#42D786

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#46567Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 61 from the original
Deuteranopia#707176no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 63.1 from the original
Tritanopia#CC164Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.61:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.74:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium violet red · ΔE 9.6Hot pink · ΔE 21.7Deep pink · ΔE 24.7Pale violetred · ΔE 26.3Purple · ΔE 30.8Dark magenta · ΔE 31.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 9.64, clearly different but related
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#28BD6C
Analogous#B728BD, #BD282E
Triadic#79BD28, #2879BD
Split complementary#2EBD28, #28BDB7
Tetradic#BDB728, #28BD6C, #282EBD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2BFDB
Lighter +30%#E995C3
Lighter +20%#E06BAB
Lighter +10%#D74193
Darker −10%#931F5E
Darker −20%#691643
Darker −30%#3F0D28
Darker −40%#15040D
More saturated +25%#DA0B7B
Less saturated −25%#A04577

Channel breakdown

R189
G40
B121
Red189 (74.1%)
Green40 (15.7%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue327.38°
Saturation (HSL)65.07%
Lightness44.9%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BD · G 28 · B 79

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