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#8B60A9 Color

#8B60A9 is rgb(139, 96, 169) in RGB, hsl(275, 30%, 52%) in HSL, and about cmyk(18%, 43%, 0%, 34%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Middle Blue Purple (#8B72BE), clearly related but distinguishable side by side at ΔE 8.95. White text is the more readable choice on this background.

#8B60A9
HEX#8B60A9
RGBrgb(139, 96, 169)
HSLhsl(275, 30%, 52%)
HSVhsv(275, 43%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(18%, 43%, 0%, 34%)
OKLCHoklch(56.4% 0.118 310.2)
LABlab(47.67% 28.47 -32.70)
LCHlch(47.67% 43.36 311.05)

What #8B60A9 Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #8B60A9, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Middle Blue Purple#8B72BEΔE 8.95Royal Purple#7851A9ΔE 10.98Purple Mountain Majesty#9678B6ΔE 11.19Heather#9E7BB5ΔE 13.11Lavender Purple#967BB6ΔE 13.2Ultra Violet#5F4B8BΔE 14.2

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every purple in the library.

#8B60A9 Channel Values

How #8B60A9 breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 139 · G 96 · B 1698-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 275° · S 30% · L 52%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 275° · S 43% · V 66%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 18% · M 43% · Y 0% · K 34%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance4.83:1 vs white · 4.34:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #8B60A9 background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

TextWhite text4.83:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
Fails AABlack text4.34:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Need a specific ratio against another background? Open #8B60A9 in the contrast checker.

Colors That Go With #8B60A9

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #8B60A9; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

Base
#8B60A9
Complementary
#7EA960
Analogous
#6660A9
Analogous
#A960A3
Triadic
#A98B60
Triadic
#60A98B
Split comp.
#A3A960
Split comp.
#60A966

Tints & Shades of #8B60A9

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

#9C77B6
#AA8BC1
#BBA2CD
#CAB6D8
#DBCDE4
#E9E1EF

Shades

#785095
#66447E
#533767
#432D53
#30203C
#1D1424

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #8B60A9.

How #8B60A9 Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#8B60A9
Protanopia#6969A9
Protanomaly#7865A9
Deuteranopia#7171A8
Deuteranomaly#7C6AA9
Tritanopia#826D6D
Tritanomaly#866889
Achromatopsia#727272

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Using #8B60A9 in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-8b60a9: #8B60A9;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #8B60A9;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-8b60a9': '#8B60A9' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.545, green: 0.376, blue: 0.663)
Android XML<color name="color_8b60a9">#8B60A9</color>
SVG fillfill="#8B60A9"

More Purple Colors

#8B60A9 sits in the purple family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

150024fdf8ff170b22fdf4ff1b0d35faf5ff1d0731fae8ff1e0033f6cfff20002ef3e8ff3000524020605414906600cc7008e78806ce9900cca11fffb19cd9c27affcebeefe0b2eb

#8B60A9 Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #8B60A9?

#8B60A9 is a mid-tone purple — rgb(139, 96, 169) in RGB and hsl(275, 30%, 52%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Middle Blue Purple (#8B72BE), which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side at a CIE76 distance of 8.95.

What is the RGB value of #8B60A9?

#8B60A9 is rgb(139, 96, 169) — red 139, green 96, and blue 169 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #8B60A9?

#8B60A9 converts to approximately cmyk(18%, 43%, 0%, 34%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #8B60A9 be black or white?

White text is the more readable choice. #8B60A9 scores 4.83:1 against white and 4.34:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #8B60A9 as a CSS color keyword?

No. #8B60A9 is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is mediumpurple (#9370DB) at a CIE76 distance of 19.44, which is visibly different.

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