#8b458b

Color #8b458b

A muted medium magenta.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 22.57 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-800 #8a0194 · ΔE 10

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Conversions

HEX

#8b458b

RGB

rgb(139, 69, 139)

HSL

hsl(300, 33.7%, 40.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(300, 50.4%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 50.4%, 0%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(40.59, 40.18, -26.1)

LCH

lch(40.59, 47.91, 326.99)

OKLCH

oklch(50.4%, 0.1326, 327.32)

HWB

hwb(300, 27.1%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#458b45

Analogous

#68458b

#8b458b

#8b4568

Triadic

#8b458b

#8b8b45

#458b8b

Split-complementary

#8b458b

#688b45

#458b68

Tetradic

#8b458b

#8b4545

#458b45

#458b8b

Square

#8b458b

#8b6845

#458b45

#45688b

Shades

Color #8b458b mixed toward black.

#743974

#5d2e5d

#462246

#2e172e

#170b17

Tints

Color #8b458b mixed toward white.

#ac57ac

#bc78bc

#cd9acd

#debcde

#eeddee

Tones

Color #8b458b mixed toward gray.

#854b85

#7f517f

#7a577a

#745c74

#6e626e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.32:1

White text reads better on this background (6.32:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#73737e · ΔE 21.8

Deuteranopia

#777b7b · ΔE 20.9

Tritanopia

#897371 · ΔE 23.6

Achromatopsia

#606060 · ΔE 24.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b458b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b458b]

Related colors

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Violet #ee82ee

Frequently asked questions

#8b458b (#8b458b) is rgb(139, 69, 139) in RGB.

No, #8b458b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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