Color #8B498D

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Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #8B498D is classified in the Register under the Magenta Color Family, with Mild Saturation and Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(139, 73, 141) — 54.5% red, 28.6% green, 55.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 1 / 27 / 0 / 45. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A softly balanced electric magenta, #8B498D feels open and friendly. Designers typically reach for tones like this for understated, calm designs that favor harmony over drama. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Cher violet (#8B4792). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Light Eggplant (#894585) and Plum (#8E4585).

The recipe behind #8B498D is rgb(139, 73, 141), with blue as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #8B498D background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 6.1:1 (passing WCAG AA), while black manages only 3.4:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#8B498D color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#8B498D color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.

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White

#8B498D color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.

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Black

#8B498D color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.

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Grey

#8B498D color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.

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#8B498D color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

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Alternatives to #8B498D color

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Nearest named colors to #8B498D

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Cher violet

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Light Eggplant

#894585

Plum

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Razzmic Berry

#8D4E85

Purplish

#94568C

Purpleish

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Cadmium Violet

#7F3E98

Boogie Wonderland

#84579B

Muted Purple

#805B87

Antique Fuchsia

#915C83

Half

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French Lilac

#86608E

#8B498D color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

HEX#8B498D
RGB139, 73, 141
CMYK1, 27, 0, 45

HSL298°, 32%, 42%
HSL Precise298.235°, 31.776%, 41.961%
HSV298°, 48%, 55%
HSB298°, 48%, 55%

HEX ID8B498D
DECIMAL ID9128333
Name LengthThis color has no name

Color Family (Hue)Magenta
Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
Lightness FamilyLight

Percentage of Red in RGB54.5%
Percentage of Green in RGB28.6%
Percentage of Blue in RGB55.3%

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