#8A496D

A medium, moderate magenta closely aligning with Palevioletred.

About #8A496D

When working with digital screens, the color #8A496D is rendered by mixing light. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Palevioletred. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 138, 73, and 109.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 47% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 326.8 degrees, it sits comfortably in the magenta spectrum.

When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. To prevent eye strain, #FFFFFF text pairs best with this hex code. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#8A496D
RGB138, 73, 109
HSL326.8°, 30.8%, 41.4%
CMYK0%, 47%, 21%, 46%
HSV326.8°, 47.1%, 54.1%
LAB40.0, 32.4, -8.5
XYZ15.6, 11.3, 15.8
Decimal9062765

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

6.45:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA
3.25:1
Text on #000000
AA Large
6.17:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA
2.77:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #8A496D; }
.text-color { color: #8A496D; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #8A496D; }

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