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Recognised as Colour

#C84D9D

  • #C84D9D
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium violet red

#C84D9D is a magenta with RGB values 200, 77, 157 and HSL 321°, 53%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium violet red.

Colour values

#C84D9D#C84D9D
HEX#C84D9D
RGBrgb(200, 77, 157)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.302, 0.6157
RGB percentages78.4%, 30.2%, 61.6%
HSLhsl(321, 52.8%, 54.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(321, 61.5%, 78.4%)
CMYK0%, 61.5%, 21.5%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,127,069
CSS custom property--colour: #C84D9D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20021WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness135.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5:1
Contrast with white4.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D
Inverted#37B262

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#586F9Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#7B839Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.5 from the original
Tritanopia#D44D6Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.2:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium violet red · ΔE 15.8Hot pink · ΔE 17.3Orchid · ΔE 19.2Pale violetred · ΔE 24.1Violet · ΔE 25.4Dark magenta · ΔE 28.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 15.8, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4DC878
Analogous#B54DC8, #C84D5F
Triadic#9DC84D, #4D9DC8
Split complementary#5FC84D, #4DC8B6
Tetradic#C8B64D, #4DC878, #4D5FC8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F8E9F3
Lighter +30%#ECC2DD
Lighter +20%#E09BC8
Lighter +10%#D474B2
Darker −10%#AD3583
Darker −20%#862965
Darker −30%#5F1D48
Darker −40%#38112A
More saturated +25%#E530A6
Less saturated −25%#AB6A94

Channel breakdown

R200
G77
B157
Red200 (78.4%)
Green77 (30.2%)
Blue157 (61.6%)
Hue320.98°
Saturation (HSL)52.79%
Lightness54.31%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C8 · G 4D · B 9D

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