#8c5294

Color #8c5294

A muted medium magenta.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 22.34 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 11.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8c5294

RGB

rgb(140, 82, 148)

HSL

hsl(292.7, 28.7%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(292.7, 44.6%, 58%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.4%, 44.6%, 0%, 42%)

LAB

lab(43.87, 35.2, -26.42)

LCH

lch(43.87, 44.01, 323.11)

OKLCH

oklch(53.1%, 0.1195, 322.58)

HWB

hwb(292.7, 32.2%, 42%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5a9452

Analogous

#6b5294

#8c5294

#94527b

Triadic

#8c5294

#948c52

#52948c

Split-complementary

#8c5294

#7b9452

#52946b

Tetradic

#8c5294

#94525a

#5a9452

#52948c

Square

#8c5294

#946b52

#5a9452

#527b94

Shades

Color #8c5294 mixed toward black.

#75447b

#5d3763

#46294a

#2f1b31

#170e19

Tints

Color #8c5294 mixed toward white.

#a469ac

#b687bc

#c8a5cd

#dac3de

#ede1ee

Tones

Color #8c5294 mixed toward gray.

#88578f

#845d89

#7f6384

#7b687e

#776e79

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.75:1

White text reads better on this background (5.6:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#777788 · ΔE 18.8

Deuteranopia

#7a7e84 · ΔE 21.6

Tritanopia

#8a7d7a · ΔE 24.6

Achromatopsia

#686868 · ΔE 23.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8c5294;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c5294]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#8c5294 (#8c5294) is rgb(140, 82, 148) in RGB.

No, #8c5294 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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