All About Color #8C159E

#8C159E

About #8C159E

#8C159E is a dark pink color with the hex code #8C159E. In RGB it is red 140, green 21, blue 158; in HSL it is hue 292°, saturation 77%, lightness 35%; in CMYK it is 11%, 87%, 0%, 38%. Its contrast ratio is 7.73:1 on white and 2.72:1 on black.

#8C159E Color Conversion

Hex triplet8C, 15, 9E
CMYK11.39%, 86.71%, 0.00%, 38.04%
RGB Decimal140, 21, 158
HSL292°, 77%, 35%
RGB Octal214, 25, 236
HSV (HSB)292.12°, 86.71%, 61.96%
RGB Binary10001100, 10101, 10011110
CIE-L*AB35.16, 62.58, -46.26
RGB Percent54.90%, 8.24%, 61.96%
CIE-L*CH35.16, 77.82, 323.53
XYZ17.25, 8.58, 33.09
CIE-L*UV35.16, 38.22, -70.14
xyY0.29, 0.15, 8.58
Hunter-Lab29.29, 53.89, -46.48
RYB54.90%, 8.24%, 61.96%

Color Accessibility Scores

#8C159E on a dark background: contrast 2.72:1, fails WCAG AA.
#8C159E on a light background: contrast 7.73:1, passes WCAG AAA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #8C159E, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#8C159E · #CB2BE3 · #440A4D · #279E15 · #43E32B

Analogous palette

#15279E · #47159E · #8C159E · #9E156C · #9E1527

Triadic palette

#8C159E · #9E8C15 · #159E8C · #CB2BE3 · #E3CB2B

Tetradic palette

#8C159E · #9E4715 · #279E15 · #156C9E · #440A4D

Monochromatic palette

#140317 · #500C5A · #8C159E · #C71DE2 · #D861EA

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