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Dark Magenta Color

#8b008b

Dark Magenta Color

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A vivid, highly saturated dark magenta.

Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-800 #8a0194 · ΔE 1.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8b008b

RGB

rgb(139, 0, 139)

HSL

hsl(300, 100%, 27.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(300, 100%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 100%, 0%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(32.6, 62.55, -38.73)

LCH

lch(32.6, 73.57, 328.23)

OKLCH

oklch(44.7%, 0.2053, 328.36)

HWB

hwb(300, 0%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#008b00

Analogous

#46008b

#8b008b

#8b0046

Triadic

#8b008b

#8b8b00

#008b8b

Split-complementary

#8b008b

#468b00

#008b46

Tetradic

#8b008b

#8b0000

#008b00

#008b8b

Square

#8b008b

#8b4600

#008b00

#00468b

Shades

Dark Magenta Color mixed toward black.

#740074

#5d005d

#460046

#2e002e

#170017

Tints

Dark Magenta Color mixed toward white.

#c900c9

#ff08ff

#ff46ff

#ff83ff

#ffc1ff

Tones

Dark Magenta Color mixed toward gray.

#800c80

#741774

#682368

#5d2e5d

#513a51

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.5:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.47:1

White text reads better on this background (8.5:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6a7a · ΔE 26.1

Deuteranopia

#707676 · ΔE 23.4

Tritanopia

#886b67 · ΔE 30.1

Achromatopsia

#4d4d4d · ΔE 27.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8b008b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b008b]

Related colors

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Violet #ee82ee

Orchid #da70d6

Frequently asked questions

Dark Magenta (#8b008b) is rgb(139, 0, 139) in RGB.

No, #8b008b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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