#8A5F75

A medium, muted magenta closely aligning with Dimgray.

About #8A5F75

When working with digital screens, the color #8A5F75 is rendered by mixing light. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Dimgray. Its digital footprint relies on 138 parts red, 95 parts green, and 117 parts blue light.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). This specific hue requires a mix of 0% C, 31% M, 15% Y, and 46% K. With a hue angle of 329.3 degrees, it sits comfortably in the magenta spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. To prevent eye strain, #FFFFFF text pairs best with this hex code. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#8A5F75
RGB138, 95, 117
HSL329.3°, 18.5%, 45.7%
CMYK0%, 31%, 15%, 46%
HSV329.3°, 31.2%, 54.1%
LAB45.5, 21.1, -5.3
XYZ17.8, 14.9, 18.8
Decimal9068405

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

5.28:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA
3.97:1
Text on #000000
AA Large
5.05:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA
3.38:1
Text on #0F172A
AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #8A5F75; }
.text-color { color: #8A5F75; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #8A5F75; }

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