HEX Color #8A5083 (Darkslateblue)

About #8A5083

Visually, #8A5083 is defined as a muted magenta. Designers often compare it to the standard color Darkslateblue. Its digital footprint relies on 138 parts red, 80 parts green, and 131 parts blue light.

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 42% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 307.2 degrees, it sits comfortably in the magenta spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Because it is a medium color, it is generally recommended to use #FFFFFF text. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#8A5083

RGB138, 80, 131

HSL307.2°, 26.6%, 42.7%

CMYK0%, 42%, 5%, 46%

HSV307.2°, 42.0%, 54.1%

LAB42.4, 32.3, -18.4

XYZ17.4, 12.8, 23.0

Decimal9064579

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#8A5083 #508A57

Analogous

#73508A #8A5065

Triadic

#838A50 #50828A

Tetradic

#8A7350 #508A57 #50658A

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#8A5083

#976390

#A4769E

#B18AAC

#BE9DBA

#CBB1C7

#D8C4D5

#E5D8E3

#F2EBF1

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#8A5083

#7A4774

#6B3E65

#5C3557

#4C2C48

#3D233A

#2E1A2B

#1E111D

#0F080E

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

5.91:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA

3.56:1

Text on #000000

AA Large

5.64:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AA

3.02:1

Text on #0F172A

AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #8A5083; }

.text-color { color: #8A5083; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #8A5083; }

Similar Colors

Darkslateblue

#483D8B