#8b5296

Color #8b5296

A muted medium magenta.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 21.5 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 11.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8b5296

RGB

rgb(139, 82, 150)

HSL

hsl(290.3, 29.3%, 45.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(290.3, 45.3%, 58.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.3%, 45.3%, 0%, 41.2%)

LAB

lab(43.84, 35.3, -27.68)

LCH

lch(43.84, 44.86, 321.9)

OKLCH

oklch(53%, 0.121, 320.97)

HWB

hwb(290.3, 32.2%, 41.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5d9652

Analogous

#695296

#8b5296

#96527f

Triadic

#8b5296

#968b52

#52968b

Split-complementary

#8b5296

#7f9652

#529669

Tetradic

#8b5296

#96525d

#5d9652

#52968b

Square

#8b5296

#966952

#5d9652

#527f96

Shades

Color #8b5296 mixed toward black.

#74447d

#5d3764

#46294b

#2e1b32

#170e19

Tints

Color #8b5296 mixed toward white.

#a269ad

#b587bd

#c7a5ce

#dac3de

#ece1ef

Tones

Color #8b5296 mixed toward gray.

#875890

#835d8b

#806385

#7c697f

#786e7a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.75:1

White text reads better on this background (5.61:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#777689 · ΔE 18

Deuteranopia

#7a7d86 · ΔE 21.6

Tritanopia

#897e7c · ΔE 24.7

Achromatopsia

#686868 · ΔE 23.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b5296;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b5296]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Frequently asked questions

#8b5296 (#8b5296) is rgb(139, 82, 150) in RGB.

No, #8b5296 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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