#8a057b

Color #8a057b

A vivid, highly saturated dark magenta.

Closest named color Purple #800080 · ΔE 6.57 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-900 #721378 · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8a057b

RGB

rgb(138, 5, 123)

HSL

hsl(306.8, 93%, 28%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(306.8, 96.4%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 96.4%, 10.9%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(31.68, 59.25, -30.21)

LCH

lch(31.68, 66.51, 332.98)

OKLCH

oklch(43.7%, 0.1917, 334.34)

HWB

hwb(306.8, 2%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#058a14

Analogous

#56058a

#8a057b

#8a0538

Triadic

#8a057b

#7b8a05

#057b8a

Split-complementary

#8a057b

#388a05

#058a56

Tetradic

#8a057b

#8a1405

#058a14

#057b8a

Square

#8a057b

#8a5605

#058a14

#05388a

Shades

Color #8a057b mixed toward black.

#730466

#5c0352

#45023d

#2e0229

#170114

Tints

Color #8a057b mixed toward white.

#c507af

#f613dd

#f94ee5

#fb89ee

#fdc4f6

Tones

Color #8a057b mixed toward gray.

#7f1072

#741b6a

#692661

#5e3159

#523c50

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.39:1

White text reads better on this background (8.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a696c · ΔE 28.1

Deuteranopia

#6f7568 · ΔE 42.5

Tritanopia

#875e5b · ΔE 26.2

Achromatopsia

#4b4b4b · ΔE 26.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8a057b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a057b]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#8a057b (#8a057b) is rgb(138, 5, 123) in RGB.

No, #8a057b 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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