#88287C

sRGB · 136 / 40 / 124

#88287C belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 136 red, 40 green and 124 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 307.5° lands in the magenta region. Its 54.5% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 34.5% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (7.95:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 136, 40, 124
HSL: 307.50°, 54.55%, 34.51%
HSV / HSB: 307.50°, 70.59%, 53.33%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 70.59%, 8.82%, 46.67%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 14.550, 8.208, 19.887
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 34.412, 50.178, -26.551
WCAG relative luminance: 0.08207
24-bit decimal: 8923260

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #88287C in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 2.64:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

White text · 7.95:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#288834 sits half a turn (180°) from #88287C on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#88287C #288834

Analogous

#642888 and #88284C sit 30° to either side of #88287C. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#642888 #88287C #88284C

Triadic

#88287C, #7C8828 and #287C88 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#88287C #7C8828 #287C88

Split complementary

Start at #88287C and look across the wheel. #4C8828 and #288864 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#88287C #4C8828 #288864

Square

Starting with #88287C, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #886428, #288834, then #284C88. Across the square, #88287C pairs with #288834, and #886428 with #284C88.

#88287C #886428 #288834 #284C88

Tetradic

#88287C and #288834 are opposites, as are #883428 and #287C88. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#88287C #883428 #288834 #287C88

Tints

Mixing #88287C with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A05396, keeps 80% of the original. By #E7D4E5, the mixture is 80% white.

#88287C #A05396 #B87EB0 #CFA9CB #E7D4E5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #88287C with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #6D2063, keeps 80% of the original. By #1B0819, the mixture is 80% black.

#88287C #6D2063 #52184A #361032 #1B0819 #000000

Tones

Mixing #88287C with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #863A7D, keeps 80% of the original. By #826E7F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#88287C #863A7D #854B7E #835D7E #826E7F #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#88287C

RGB

rgb(136 40 124)

HSL

hsl(307.500 54.545% 34.510%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #88287C;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#88287C uses 136 red, 40 green and 124 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 53.3%

Green 15.7%

Blue 48.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #88287C is 0.0% cyan, 70.6% magenta, 8.8% yellow and 46.7% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 70.6%

Yellow 8.8%

Black 46.7%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #882277. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #827 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #88287C when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #993366, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #882277 Nearest web-safe · #993366

Gradient to complement

#88287C #783870 #684864 #585858 #48684C #387840 #288834

Color vision previews

Compare how #88287C appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#25487E

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#47567A

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#8E314E

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#59417D

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#604A7A

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#872F6E

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#515151

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#714069

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.24620 G 0.02122 B 0.20156

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.49150 G 0.18523 B 0.47227

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.20626 G 0.02869 B 0.18926

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.341 y 0.192 Y 8.208

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 46.667 M % 84.314 Y % 51.373

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10001000 00101000 01111100