HEX Color #8A426D (Palevioletred)

About #8A426D

Visually, #8A426D is defined as a moderate magenta. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Palevioletred. In the RGB color space, it consists of 138 red, 66 green, and 109 blue.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 52% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 324.2 degrees, it sits comfortably in the magenta spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. The calculated luminance score dictates that #FFFFFF typography is the safest choice. Strict adherence to these ratios protects visually impaired users from unreadable interfaces.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#8A426D

RGB138, 66, 109

HSL324.2°, 35.3%, 40.0%

CMYK0%, 52%, 21%, 46%

HSV324.2°, 52.2%, 54.1%

LAB38.6, 36.2, -10.8

XYZ15.2, 10.4, 15.7

Decimal9060973

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#8A426D #428A5E

Analogous

#82428A #8A4249

Triadic

#6D8A42 #426D8A

Tetradic

#8A8242 #428A5E #42498A

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#8A426D

#97577D

#A46C8D

#B1819D

#BE96AD

#CBABBE

#D8C0CE

#E5D5DE

#F2EAEE

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#8A426D

#7A3A60

#6B3354

#5C2C48

#4C243C

#3D1D30

#2E1624

#1E0E18

#0F070C

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

6.82:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA

3.08:1

Text on #000000

AA Large

6.51:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AA

2.62:1

Text on #0F172A

FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #8A426D; }

.text-color { color: #8A426D; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #8A426D; }

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