#8c174e

Color #8c174e

A vivid, highly saturated dark pink.

Closest named color Medium Violet Red #c71585 · ΔE 27.76 Nearest Tailwind class pink-900 #861043 · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8c174e

RGB

rgb(140, 23, 78)

HSL

hsl(331.8, 71.8%, 32%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(331.8, 83.6%, 54.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 83.6%, 44.3%, 45.1%)

LAB

lab(31.21, 50.77, -1.84)

LCH

lch(31.21, 50.8, 357.92)

OKLCH

oklch(42.8%, 0.1564, 358.46)

HWB

hwb(331.8, 9%, 45.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#178c55

Analogous

#8c1789

#8c174e

#8c1b17

Triadic

#8c174e

#4e8c17

#174e8c

Split-complementary

#8c174e

#178c1b

#17898c

Tetradic

#8c174e

#8c5517

#178c55

#174e8c

Square

#8c174e

#898c17

#178c55

#1b178c

Shades

Color #8c174e mixed toward black.

#751341

#5d0f34

#460c27

#2f081a

#17040d

Tints

Color #8c174e mixed toward white.

#be1f6a

#de3886

#e76aa5

#ef9cc3

#f7cde1

Tones

Color #8c174e mixed toward gray.

#82214f

#792b4f

#6f3450

#653e50

#5b4851

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.35:1

White text reads better on this background (8.95:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6c45 · ΔE 43.9

Deuteranopia

#727843 · ΔE 50.5

Tritanopia

#893d3b · ΔE 14.3

Achromatopsia

#494949 · ΔE 25.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8c174e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c174e]

Related colors

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Deep Pink #ff1493

Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Pale Violet Red #db7093

Medium Violet Red #c71585

Crimson #dc143c

Frequently asked questions

#8c174e (#8c174e) is rgb(140, 23, 78) in RGB.

No, #8c174e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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