#85498b

Color #85498b

A muted medium magenta.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 21.25 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-800 #8a0194 · ΔE 10.8

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Conversions

HEX

#85498b

RGB

rgb(133, 73, 139)

HSL

hsl(294.5, 31.1%, 41.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(294.5, 47.5%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.3%, 47.5%, 0%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(40.6, 36.17, -26.15)

LCH

lch(40.6, 44.63, 324.13)

OKLCH

oklch(50.3%, 0.1217, 323.79)

HWB

hwb(294.5, 28.6%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4f8b49

Analogous

#64498b

#85498b

#8b4970

Triadic

#85498b

#8b8549

#498b85

Split-complementary

#85498b

#708b49

#498b64

Tetradic

#85498b

#8b494f

#4f8b49

#498b85

Square

#85498b

#8b6449

#4f8b49

#49708b

Shades

Color #85498b mixed toward black.

#6f3d74

#59315d

#432546

#2c182e

#160c17

Tints

Color #85498b mixed toward white.

#a25ca9

#b57dbb

#c79dcc

#dabedd

#ecdeee

Tones

Color #85498b mixed toward gray.

#814f86

#7c5480

#785a7b

#735f75

#6f6570

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.32:1

White text reads better on this background (6.32:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#706f7f · ΔE 19

Deuteranopia

#73777c · ΔE 21.5

Tritanopia

#837472 · ΔE 23.7

Achromatopsia

#606060 · ΔE 23.8

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #85498b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#85498b]

Related colors

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Violet #ee82ee

Frequently asked questions

#85498b (#85498b) is rgb(133, 73, 139) in RGB.

No, #85498b is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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