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Recognised as Colour

#C91E77

  • #C91E77
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium violet red

#C91E77 is a magenta with RGB values 201, 30, 119 and HSL 329°, 74%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium violet red.

Colour values

#C91E77#C91E77
HEX#C91E77
RGBrgb(201, 30, 119)
RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.1176, 0.4667
RGB percentages78.8%, 11.8%, 46.7%
HSLhsl(328.8, 74%, 45.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(328.8, 85.1%, 78.8%)
CMYK0%, 85.1%, 40.8%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,180,535
CSS custom property--colour: #C91E77;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14678WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness119.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.34:1
Contrast with white5.34:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#494949
Inverted#36E188

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#485779no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 67.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#777673no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 69.2 from the original
Tritanopia#DA004Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.34:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.94:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium violet red · ΔE 9.6Deep pink · ΔE 19.4Hot pink · ΔE 21.3Pale violetred · ΔE 28.3Purple · ΔE 35.6Dark magenta · ΔE 35.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 9.63, clearly different but related
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1EC970
Analogous#C61EC9, #C91E21
Triadic#77C91E, #1E77C9
Split complementary#21C91E, #1EC9C6
Tetradic#C9C61E, #1EC970, #1E21C9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F5BEDB
Lighter +30%#EF91C2
Lighter +20%#E865A9
Lighter +10%#E13990
Darker −10%#9D175D
Darker −20%#701142
Darker −30%#440A28
Darker −40%#17040E
More saturated +25%#E60178
Less saturated −25%#AC3B76

Channel breakdown

R201
G30
B119
Red201 (78.8%)
Green30 (11.8%)
Blue119 (46.7%)
Hue328.77°
Saturation (HSL)74.03%
Lightness45.29%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C9 · G 1E · B 77

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