#8e3a75

Color #8e3a75

A moderately saturated dark magenta.

Closest named color Purple #800080 · ΔE 26.87 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-900 #721378 · ΔE 11

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Conversions

HEX

#8e3a75

RGB

rgb(142, 58, 117)

HSL

hsl(317.9, 42%, 39.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(317.9, 59.2%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 59.2%, 17.6%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(37.95, 42.82, -16.6)

LCH

lch(37.95, 45.93, 338.81)

OKLCH

oklch(48.3%, 0.1345, 340.68)

HWB

hwb(317.9, 22.7%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3a8e53

Analogous

#7d3a8e

#8e3a75

#8e3a4b

Triadic

#8e3a75

#758e3a

#3a758e

Split-complementary

#8e3a75

#4b8e3a

#3a8e7d

Tetradic

#8e3a75

#8e533a

#3a8e53

#3a758e

Square

#8e3a75

#8e7d3a

#3a8e53

#3a4b8e

Shades

Color #8e3a75 mixed toward black.

#763061

#5f274e

#471d3a

#2f1327

#180a13

Tints

Color #8e3a75 mixed toward white.

#b34993

#c36ca9

#d291bf

#e1b6d4

#f0daea

Tones

Color #8e3a75 mixed toward gray.

#874172

#80486f

#794f6c

#72566a

#6b5d67

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.01:1

White text reads better on this background (6.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#73726a · ΔE 31.2

Deuteranopia

#777c68 · ΔE 40.3

Tritanopia

#8b615f · ΔE 19.3

Achromatopsia

#595959 · ΔE 24.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e3a75;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e3a75]

Related colors

Medium Violet Red #c71585

Deep Pink #ff1493

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#8e3a75 (#8e3a75) is rgb(142, 58, 117) in RGB.

No, #8e3a75 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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