#8b217f

Color #8b217f

A moderately saturated dark magenta.

Closest named color Purple #800080 · ΔE 10.27 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-800 #8a0194 · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8b217f

RGB

rgb(139, 33, 127)

HSL

hsl(306.8, 61.6%, 33.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(306.8, 76.3%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 8.6%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(34.21, 53.91, -28.7)

LCH

lch(34.21, 61.07, 331.97)

OKLCH

oklch(45.6%, 0.1745, 333.16)

HWB

hwb(306.8, 12.9%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#218b2d

Analogous

#62218b

#8b217f

#8b214a

Triadic

#8b217f

#7f8b21

#217f8b

Split-complementary

#8b217f

#4a8b21

#218b62

Tetradic

#8b217f

#8b2d21

#218b2d

#217f8b

Square

#8b217f

#8b6221

#218b2d

#214a8b

Shades

Color #8b217f mixed toward black.

#741b6a

#5d1655

#45103f

#2e0b2a

#170515

Tints

Color #8b217f mixed toward white.

#b82ca8

#d449c4

#df76d3

#e9a4e1

#f4d1f0

Tones

Color #8b217f mixed toward gray.

#822a78

#793371

#703b6a

#684464

#5f4d5d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.62:1

White text reads better on this background (8.01:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6c71 · ΔE 26.5

Deuteranopia

#72776d · ΔE 39

Tritanopia

#886461 · ΔE 25.5

Achromatopsia

#505050 · ΔE 26.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b217f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b217f]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#8b217f (#8b217f) is rgb(139, 33, 127) in RGB.

No, #8b217f 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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