#8b5481

Color #8b5481

A muted medium magenta.

Closest named color Pale Violet Red #db7093 · ΔE 28.21 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 12.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8b5481

RGB

rgb(139, 84, 129)

HSL

hsl(310.9, 24.7%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(310.9, 39.6%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 39.6%, 7.2%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(43.38, 30, -15.71)

LCH

lch(43.38, 33.86, 332.36)

OKLCH

oklch(52.4%, 0.0957, 333.76)

HWB

hwb(310.9, 32.9%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#548b5e

Analogous

#79548b

#8b5481

#8b5465

Triadic

#8b5481

#818b54

#54818b

Split-complementary

#8b5481

#658b54

#548b79

Tetradic

#8b5481

#8b5e54

#548b5e

#54818b

Square

#8b5481

#8b7954

#548b5e

#54658b

Shades

Color #8b5481 mixed toward black.

#74466b

#5d3856

#452a40

#2e1c2b

#170e15

Tints

Color #8b5481 mixed toward white.

#a56a9a

#b788ae

#c9a5c3

#dbc3d7

#ede1eb

Tones

Color #8b5481 mixed toward gray.

#86587e

#825d7b

#7d6278

#796675

#746b72

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.68:1

White text reads better on this background (5.7:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#777778 · ΔE 22.7

Deuteranopia

#7a7e76 · ΔE 31.6

Tritanopia

#89706e · ΔE 18

Achromatopsia

#666666 · ΔE 22.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b5481;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b5481]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#8b5481 (#8b5481) is rgb(139, 84, 129) in RGB.

No, #8b5481 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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