#8a5d8d

Color #8a5d8d

A muted medium magenta.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 27.39 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 10.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8a5d8d

RGB

rgb(138, 93, 141)

HSL

hsl(296.3, 20.5%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(296.3, 34%, 55.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.1%, 34%, 0%, 44.7%)

LAB

lab(45.85, 26.81, -19.19)

LCH

lch(45.85, 32.97, 324.41)

OKLCH

oklch(54.4%, 0.09, 324.54)

HWB

hwb(296.3, 36.5%, 44.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#608d5d

Analogous

#725d8d

#8a5d8d

#8d5d78

Triadic

#8a5d8d

#8d8a5d

#5d8d8a

Split-complementary

#8a5d8d

#788d5d

#5d8d72

Tetradic

#8a5d8d

#8d5d60

#608d5d

#5d8d8a

Square

#8a5d8d

#8d725d

#608d5d

#5d788d

Shades

Color #8a5d8d mixed toward black.

#734e76

#5c3e5e

#452f47

#2e1f2f

#171018

Tints

Color #8a5d8d mixed toward white.

#a174a4

#b490b6

#c6acc8

#d9c8da

#ece3ed

Tones

Color #8a5d8d mixed toward gray.

#876189

#836585

#806981

#7c6d7d

#797179

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.03:1

White text reads better on this background (5.21:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#797983 · ΔE 18.6

Deuteranopia

#7c7f81 · ΔE 20

Tritanopia

#887b79 · ΔE 20.4

Achromatopsia

#6d6d6d · ΔE 21.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8a5d8d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a5d8d]

Related colors

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Violet #ee82ee

Frequently asked questions

#8a5d8d (#8a5d8d) is rgb(138, 93, 141) in RGB.

No, #8a5d8d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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