#8A50AF

A medium, moderate purple closely aligning with Rebeccapurple.

About #8A50AF

When working with digital screens, the color #8A50AF is rendered by mixing light. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Rebeccapurple. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 138, 80, and 175.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. This specific hue requires a mix of 21% C, 54% M, 0% Y, and 31% K. With a hue angle of 276.6 degrees, it sits comfortably in the purple 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#8A50AF
RGB138, 80, 175
HSL276.6°, 37.3%, 50.0%
CMYK21%, 54%, 0%, 31%
HSV276.6°, 54.3%, 68.6%
LAB44.6, 41.6, -41.4
XYZ21.1, 14.2, 42.2
Decimal9064623

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

5.46:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA
3.85:1
Text on #000000
AA Large
5.22:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA
3.27:1
Text on #0F172A
AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #8A50AF; }
.text-color { color: #8A50AF; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #8A50AF; }

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