#8d5588

Color #8d5588

A muted medium magenta.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 27.39 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 12.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8d5588

RGB

rgb(141, 85, 136)

HSL

hsl(305.4, 24.8%, 44.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(305.4, 39.7%, 55.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 39.7%, 3.5%, 44.7%)

LAB

lab(44.14, 31.44, -18.76)

LCH

lch(44.14, 36.61, 329.18)

OKLCH

oklch(53.1%, 0.1022, 330.12)

HWB

hwb(305.4, 33.3%, 44.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#558d5a

Analogous

#76558d

#8d5588

#8d556c

Triadic

#8d5588

#888d55

#55888d

Split-complementary

#8d5588

#6c8d55

#558d76

Tetradic

#8d5588

#8d5a55

#558d5a

#55888d

Square

#8d5588

#8d7655

#558d5a

#556c8d

Shades

Color #8d5588 mixed toward black.

#754771

#5e395b

#462a44

#2f1c2d

#170e17

Tints

Color #8d5588 mixed toward white.

#a66ba1

#b889b4

#caa6c6

#dbc4d9

#ede1ec

Tones

Color #8d5588 mixed toward gray.

#885a84

#845e80

#7f637c

#7a6879

#766c75

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.79:1

White text reads better on this background (5.54:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#79787e · ΔE 21.1

Deuteranopia

#7c7f7b · ΔE 29.1

Tritanopia

#8b7573 · ΔE 19.8

Achromatopsia

#686868 · ΔE 22.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8d5588;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8d5588]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#8d5588 (#8d5588) is rgb(141, 85, 136) in RGB.

No, #8d5588 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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