#8e5a91

Color #8e5a91

A muted medium magenta.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 25.75 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 12.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8e5a91

RGB

rgb(142, 90, 145)

HSL

hsl(296.7, 23.4%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(296.7, 37.9%, 56.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.1%, 37.9%, 0%, 43.1%)

LAB

lab(45.78, 30.71, -21.64)

LCH

lch(45.78, 37.57, 324.83)

OKLCH

oklch(54.5%, 0.1027, 324.95)

HWB

hwb(296.7, 35.3%, 43.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5d915a

Analogous

#735a91

#8e5a91

#915a79

Triadic

#8e5a91

#918e5a

#5a918e

Split-complementary

#8e5a91

#79915a

#5a9173

Tetradic

#8e5a91

#915a5d

#5d915a

#5a918e

Square

#8e5a91

#91735a

#5d915a

#5a7991

Shades

Color #8e5a91 mixed toward black.

#764b79

#5f3c61

#472d49

#2f1e30

#180f18

Tints

Color #8e5a91 mixed toward white.

#a472a7

#b68eb9

#c9aaca

#dbc6dc

#ede3ed

Tones

Color #8e5a91 mixed toward gray.

#8a5f8c

#866388

#826883

#7e6c7f

#7a717a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.02:1

White text reads better on this background (5.22:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7a86 · ΔE 18.9

Deuteranopia

#7e8184 · ΔE 21

Tritanopia

#8c7d7b · ΔE 21.6

Achromatopsia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 22.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e5a91;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e5a91]

Related colors

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Violet #ee82ee

Frequently asked questions

#8e5a91 (#8e5a91) is rgb(142, 90, 145) in RGB.

No, #8e5a91 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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