#8b5594

Color #8b5594

A muted medium magenta.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 22.53 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 12.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8b5594

RGB

rgb(139, 85, 148)

HSL

hsl(291.4, 27%, 45.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(291.4, 42.6%, 58%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.1%, 42.6%, 0%, 42%)

LAB

lab(44.41, 33.19, -25.58)

LCH

lch(44.41, 41.9, 322.38)

OKLCH

oklch(53.4%, 0.1134, 321.7)

HWB

hwb(291.4, 33.3%, 42%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5e9455

Analogous

#6c5594

#8b5594

#94557e

Triadic

#8b5594

#948b55

#55948b

Split-complementary

#8b5594

#7e9455

#55946c

Tetradic

#8b5594

#94555e

#5e9455

#55948b

Square

#8b5594

#946c55

#5e9455

#557e94

Shades

Color #8b5594 mixed toward black.

#74477b

#5d3963

#452b4a

#2e1c31

#170e19

Tints

Color #8b5594 mixed toward white.

#a26cab

#b48abc

#c7a7cc

#dac4dd

#ece2ee

Tones

Color #8b5594 mixed toward gray.

#875a8f

#83608a

#806584

#7c6a7f

#786f7a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.82:1

White text reads better on this background (5.49:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#777788 · ΔE 18.1

Deuteranopia

#7a7e85 · ΔE 21.3

Tritanopia

#897e7b · ΔE 24.4

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 23.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8b5594;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b5594]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#8b5594 (#8b5594) is rgb(139, 85, 148) in RGB.

No, #8b5594 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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