#8A3B6D · near Plum

#8A3B6D (RGB 138, 59, 109) is a medium, moderately saturated purple, closest to Plum and near Brick Red and Eggplant. Purple suggests creativity, luxury and imagination; deep purples feel premium, light ones feel gentle, which makes #8A3B6D a natural choice for beauty, creative tools and premium products. It appears in 2 ColorSwoop palettes. In OKLCH it has 47% lightness and 0.12 chroma at hue 344°.

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HEX#8A3B6D

RGBrgb(138, 59, 109)

HSLhsl(322, 40%, 39%)

CMYK0, 57, 21, 46

CSS var--plum

Contrast7.17:1 white · 2.93:1 black

Similar named colors

Plum #8E4585Brick Red #8B3A3AEggplant #614051Plum Purple #673147Purple #800080

How to use #8A3B6D

White text passes WCAG AA on #8A3B6D (7.17:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #8A3B6D with its analogous neighbors #813C8B and #8B3C46; for contrast use its complement #3C8B59 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

CSSSCSSTailwind

--plum: #8A3B6D;

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Shades & tints

#1C0C16#37182C#532341#6E2F57#8A3B6D#A1628A#B989A7#D0B1C5#E8D8E2

Color harmonies for #8A3B6D

Complementary

#8A3B6D#3C8B59

Analogous

#8A3B6D#813C8B#8B3C46

Triadic

#8A3B6D#6E8B3C#3C6E8B

Split complementary

#8A3B6D#468B3C#3C8B81

Tetradic

#8A3B6D#8B813C#3C8B59#3C468B