#a8118b

Color #a8118b

A vivid, highly saturated dark magenta.

Closest named color Dark Magenta #8b008b · ΔE 12.49 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-800 #8a0194 · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a8118b

RGB

rgb(168, 17, 139)

HSL

hsl(311.5, 81.6%, 36.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(311.5, 89.9%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 89.9%, 17.3%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(38.88, 65.75, -28.42)

LCH

lch(38.88, 71.63, 336.62)

OKLCH

oklch(50.1%, 0.2104, 338.45)

HWB

hwb(311.5, 6.7%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#11a82e

Analogous

#7a11a8

#a8118b

#a81140

Triadic

#a8118b

#8ba811

#118ba8

Split-complementary

#a8118b

#40a811

#11a87a

Tetradic

#a8118b

#a82e11

#11a82e

#118ba8

Square

#a8118b

#a87a11

#11a82e

#1140a8

Shades

Color #a8118b mixed toward black.

#8c0e74

#700b5d

#540946

#38062e

#1c0317

Tints

Color #a8118b mixed toward white.

#d916b4

#eb3ac9

#f06cd7

#f59de4

#facef2

Tones

Color #a8118b mixed toward gray.

#9c1e83

#8f2a7c

#823774

#76436c

#695064

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.12:1

White text reads better on this background (6.74:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#82817b · ΔE 35.6

Deuteranopia

#888f76 · ΔE 50.9

Tritanopia

#a46c68 · ΔE 26.7

Achromatopsia

#5c5c5c · ΔE 27.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a8118b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a8118b]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Medium Violet Red #c71585

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Frequently asked questions

#a8118b (#a8118b) is rgb(168, 17, 139) in RGB.

No, #a8118b 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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