#8a4859

Color #8a4859

A muted medium pink.

Closest named color Pale Violet Red #db7093 · ΔE 26.55 Nearest Tailwind class pink-800 #a3004c · ΔE 10.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8a4859

RGB

rgb(138, 72, 89)

HSL

hsl(344.5, 31.4%, 41.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(344.5, 47.8%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 47.8%, 35.5%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(39.17, 29.97, 2.67)

LCH

lch(39.17, 30.09, 5.09)

OKLCH

oklch(48.7%, 0.0913, 4.59)

HWB

hwb(344.5, 28.2%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#488a79

Analogous

#8a487a

#8a4859

#8a5848

Triadic

#8a4859

#598a48

#48598a

Split-complementary

#8a4859

#488a58

#487a8a

Tetradic

#8a4859

#8a7948

#488a79

#48598a

Square

#8a4859

#7a8a48

#488a79

#58488a

Shades

Color #8a4859 mixed toward black.

#733c4a

#5c303b

#45242d

#2e181e

#170c0f

Tints

Color #8a4859 mixed toward white.

#a95b6f

#ba7c8c

#cc9ca9

#ddbdc5

#eedee2

Tones

Color #8a4859 mixed toward gray.

#854e5c

#7f535e

#7a5961

#745e64

#6f6466

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.15:1

White text reads better on this background (6.66:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#737355 · ΔE 34.1

Deuteranopia

#777b54 · ΔE 37.7

Tritanopia

#885251 · ΔE 7

Achromatopsia

#5c5c5c · ΔE 21.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a4859;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a4859]

Related colors

Crimson #dc143c

Pale Violet Red #db7093

Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Pink #ffc0cb

Light Pink #ffb6c1

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Frequently asked questions

#8a4859 (#8a4859) is rgb(138, 72, 89) in RGB.

No, #8a4859 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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