#8B5A73 · near Plum

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#8B5A73 (RGB 139, 90, 115) is a medium, muted purple, closest to Plum and near Dove Gray and Cocoa. Purple suggests creativity, luxury and imagination; deep purples feel premium, light ones feel gentle, which makes #8B5A73 a natural choice for beauty, creative tools and premium products. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette. In OKLCH it has 53% lightness and 0.07 chroma at hue 348°.

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HEX#8B5A73
RGBrgb(139, 90, 115)
HSLhsl(329, 21%, 45%)
CMYK0, 35, 17, 45
CSS var--plum
Contrast5.51:1 white · 3.81:1 black

Similar named colors

Plum #8E4585Dove Gray #6D6C6CCocoa #875F42Slate Gray #5D6D7EChestnut #954535

How to use #8B5A73

White text passes WCAG AA on #8B5A73 (5.51:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #8B5A73 with its analogous neighbors #8A5B8B and #8B5B5B; for contrast use its complement #5B8B72 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--plum: #8B5A73;

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#8B5A73 hex color card: near Plum, RGB 139, 90, 115
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Shades & tints

#1C1217#38242E#533645#6F485C#8B5A73#A27B8F#B99CAB#D1BDC7#E8DEE3

Color harmonies for #8B5A73

Complementary

#8B5A73#5B8B72

Analogous

#8B5A73#8A5B8B#8B5B5B

Triadic

#8B5A73#748B5B#5B748B

Split complementary

#8B5A73#5B8B5B#5B8B8A

Tetradic

#8B5A73#8B8A5B#5B8B72#5B5B8B

Palettes with #8B5A73