#8c3173

Color #8c3173

A moderately saturated dark magenta.

Closest named color Purple #800080 · ΔE 23.06 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-900 #721378 · ΔE 9.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8c3173

RGB

rgb(140, 49, 115)

HSL

hsl(316.5, 48.1%, 37.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(316.5, 65%, 54.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 65%, 17.9%, 45.1%)

LAB

lab(36.01, 46.09, -18.38)

LCH

lch(36.01, 49.62, 338.26)

OKLCH

oklch(46.7%, 0.1454, 340.14)

HWB

hwb(316.5, 19.2%, 45.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#318c4a

Analogous

#78318c

#8c3173

#8c3146

Triadic

#8c3173

#738c31

#31738c

Split-complementary

#8c3173

#468c31

#318c78

Tetradic

#8c3173

#8c4a31

#318c4a

#31738c

Square

#8c3173

#8c7831

#318c4a

#31468c

Shades

Color #8c3173 mixed toward black.

#752960

#5d214d

#46193a

#2f1026

#170813

Tints

Color #8c3173 mixed toward white.

#b43f94

#c861ab

#d588c0

#e3b0d5

#f1d7ea

Tones

Color #8c3173 mixed toward gray.

#853970

#7d406c

#754869

#6e4f65

#665762

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.8:1

White text reads better on this background (7.49:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#706f68 · ΔE 31.3

Deuteranopia

#747965 · ΔE 41.3

Tritanopia

#895d5b · ΔE 20.3

Achromatopsia

#555555 · ΔE 24.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c3173;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c3173]

Related colors

Medium Violet Red #c71585

Deep Pink #ff1493

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#8c3173 (#8c3173) is rgb(140, 49, 115) in RGB.

No, #8c3173 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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