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magenta / pink · neutral

#895083

a dark, soft magenta / pink · neutral · closest name: Medium Violet Red

Token name suggestion: Slate Fuchsia

RGB
137, 80, 131
HSL
306°, 26%, 43%
CMYK
0, 42, 4, 46
Luminance
0.1269

#895083 is a dark soft magenta / pink, 306° on the wheel and 47/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (5.93:1). As text it scores 5.93:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Medium Violet Red, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(306 26% 43%)rgb(137 80 131)Base step 700AA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #895083 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#895083
Hue
306°
magenta / pink
Saturation
26%
soft
Lightness
43%
dark
Brightness
54%
HSV value
Perceived
42%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1269
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
47/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Soft
Best ink
White
5.93:1
Closest name
Medium Violet Red
ΔE2000 13
Chroma
37.0
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.515
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 19.8
Web-safe
#996699
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue306° of 360°
Saturation26%
Lightness43%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #895083.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool47% cool

Reads neutral. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red42%
Green45%
Blue13%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#895083
HEX (8-digit)#895083ff
RGBrgb(137, 80, 131)
RGBArgba(137, 80, 131, 1)
HSLhsl(306, 26%, 43%)
HSV / HSBhsv(306, 42%, 54%)
HWBhwb(306 31% 46%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 42%, 4%, 46%)
LABlab(42.3 32.0 -18.6)
LCHlch(42.3 37.0 329.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.515 0.103 330.8)
XYZ (D65)xyz(17.28, 12.70, 23.01)
Decimal8999043
Display P3color(display-p3 0.537 0.314 0.514)
Web-safe#996699

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #895083;
background-color: #895083;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #895083;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#895083] bg-[#895083]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #895083;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.537, green: 0.314, blue: 0.514)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.537, green: 0.314, blue: 0.514, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#895083</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF895083)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF895083)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(131, 80, 137)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(137, 80, 131)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(137, 80, 131)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 137, 80, 131)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.5373f, 0.3137f, 0.5137f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{137,80,131}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #895083 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #895083 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#512F4D, #E8D8E7);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #895083 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F9F6F9;
  --brand-100: #F3EDF2;
  --brand-200: #E6D6E4;
  --brand-300: #D6B8D3;
  --brand-400: #C195BC;
  --brand-500: #AC71A6;
  --brand-600: #9B5A94;
  --brand-700: #895083;
  --brand-800: #673C63;
  --brand-900: #4C2E49;
  --brand-950: #301D2E;
  --brand: #895083;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #F9F5F9;
  --brand-border: #E1CBDF;
  --brand-hover: #72436D;
  --brand-pressed: #5C3658;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #231522;
    --brand-ink: #E8D8E7;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F9F6F9',
        100: '#F3EDF2',
        200: '#E6D6E4',
        300: '#D6B8D3',
        400: '#C195BC',
        500: '#AC71A6',
        600: '#9B5A94',
        700: '#895083',
        800: '#673C63',
        900: '#4C2E49',
        950: '#301D2E',
        DEFAULT: '#895083',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F9F6F9,
  '100': #F3EDF2,
  '200': #E6D6E4,
  '300': #D6B8D3,
  '400': #C195BC,
  '500': #AC71A6,
  '600': #9B5A94,
  '700': #895083,
  '800': #673C63,
  '900': #4C2E49,
  '950': #301D2E,
);
$brand-base: #895083;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F9F6F9", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F3EDF2", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E6D6E4", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#D6B8D3", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#C195BC", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#AC71A6", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#9B5A94", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#895083", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#673C63", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#4C2E49", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#301D2E", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#ffffff", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#ffffff on #895083 · 5.93:1
Use #ffffffAA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 5.93:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 3.54:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #895083 as text scores 5.93:1 on white and 3.54:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #F6EFF5 at 5.25:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#895083 · 5.93:1
AA on whitealready passes
#895083
The quick fox
#794673 · 7.15:1
AAA on white−5% L
#794673
The quick fox
#A2609B · 4.68:1
AA on black+8% L
#A2609B
The quick fox
#B986B3 · 7.12:1
AAA on black+20% L
#B986B3

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #895083 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#895083 on white: 5.93:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#895083 on black: 3.54:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #895083 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #895083.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White5.93:1AaAa
Slate 505.67:1AaAa
Slate 1005.42:1AaAa
Slate 2004.81:1AaAa
Slate 3004.00:1AaAa
Slate 4002.31:1AaAa
Slate 5001.25:1AaAa
Slate 6001.28:1AaAa
Slate 7001.74:1AaAa
Slate 8002.47:1AaAa
Slate 9003.01:1AaAa
Black3.54:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #4E5F85
deuteranopia · #5D6781
tritanopia · #8D5463

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #895083 is pinned to step 700; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F9F6F9
#F3EDF2
#E6D6E4
#D6B8D3
#C195BC
#AC71A6
#9B5A94
#895083
#673C63
#4C2E49
#301D2E
Base = 700Lightest = 50 · #F9F6F9Darkest = 950 · #301D2EText step on white = 600
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.026 330.8);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.041 330.8);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.062 330.8);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.081 330.8);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.095 330.8);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.103 330.8);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.103 330.8);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.097 330.8);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.087 330.8);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.072 330.8);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.057 330.8);
}

Colors that work with #895083

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#ffffff
White wins here
Surface#F9F5F9
Tinted page background
Border#E1CBDF
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#91558B
Captions on the surface
Accent#558D4C
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#512F4D
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F6EFF5
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#231522
Dark-mode background
Hover#72436D
One step down in lightness
Pressed#5C3658
Two steps down
Disabled#B891B4
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#A24C99
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #895083

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Black text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Any size
Safe as a fill behind white type
Yes
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

expressiveyouthfulwarmconfident

Pink is the fastest way to signal that a product is not another enterprise dashboard. It carries beauty, fashion and culture brands.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The low lightness adds weight and formality.

Worth knowing

Strong gendered associations in some markets — test it with the audience you actually have.

Reads as
  • FormalityHigh
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight58/100
  • TemperatureNeutral
  • ApproachabilityBalanced

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#508956
Analogous left#725089
Analogous right#895066
Split-complement 1#668950
Split-complement 2#508972
Triadic 1#838950
Triadic 2#508389
Tetradic#897250
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°306°

#895083 sits at 306°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red53.7%
Green31.4%
Blue51.4%
R · 0–255
137
0x89
G · 0–255
80
0x50
B · 0–255
131
0x83

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta41.6%
Yellow4.4%
Key (black)46.3%

Total ink coverage is 92%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#895083 text on a black background

contrast 3.54:1

Card sample

#895083 text on a white background

contrast 5.93:1

Card sample

#895083 on grey

5.42:1

#895083 on its own surface

5.50:1

#895083 on its dark surface

2.94:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #895083;
Background color
Panel with #895083 background
background-color: #895083;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #895083;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(137, 80, 131, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(137, 80, 131, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #895083;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #895083, #89505D);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #895083, #895150);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #895083;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #895083;
caret-color: #895083;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #895083;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F6EFF5;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #895083;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#895083 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #895083 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(137, 80, 131, 0.5)
rgb(137 80 131 / 50%)
#89508380
hsl(306 26% 43% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #895083 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#8950831a#F3EEF3
20%#89508333#E7DCE6
40%#89508366#D0B9CD
60%#89508399#B896B5
80%#895083cc#A1739C

Gradients from #895083

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #A96CA3, #895083 45%, #512F4D);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #895083, #76454C);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #895083, #508956);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #B580AF 0%, #895083 45%, #512F4D 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F9F5F9, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #8766A6 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #9C5B6F 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #512F4D 0%, transparent 65%), #895083;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #895083

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#895083 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
BeautyFashionLifestyleYouth brands
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Too dim on dark surfaces at 3.54:1 — lift it to #A2609B for body text, or reserve it for fills.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#895083, answered

What color is #895083?

#895083 is a dark soft magenta / pink, closest to Medium Violet Red (ΔE2000 13). It sits at 306° on the hue wheel with 26% saturation and 43% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #895083?

rgb(137, 80, 131) — 137 red, 80 green and 131 blue out of 255, or 53.7% / 31.4% / 51.4% by channel.

What is #895083 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(306, 26%, 43%) and hsv(306, 42%, 54%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #895083 a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.1269 and perceived brightness is 42%, so white text on it reaches 5.93:1.

Should I use black or white text on #895083?

White. It scores 5.93:1 against #895083, versus 3.54:1 for black — AA at any size.

Is #895083 accessible on a white background?

#895083 on white scores 5.93:1, which clears AA at every size but not AAA.

What is the complementary color of #895083?

#508956 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #668950 and #508972, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #895083?

For interface work: #F9F5F9 as the surface, #E1CBDF for borders, #91558B for secondary text, #558D4C as an accent and #512F4D for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #725089 and #895066 stays calm, while #508956 is the loudest partner.

What is #895083 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 42%, 4%, 46%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #895083 warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 47 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #89506E; nudged cooler, #7B4E8B.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #895083?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 19.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #895083 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #895083 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#895083] or text-[#895083], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #895083 with 50% opacity?

rgba(137, 80, 131, 0.5), or #89508380 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #C4A8C1; over black, #452842.

Is #895083 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #996699, ΔE2000 7.8 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #895083 mean?

As a magenta / pink, it reads expressive, youthful, warm. Pink is the fastest way to signal that a product is not another enterprise dashboard. It carries beauty, fashion and culture brands. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #895083?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #A96CA3, #895083 45%, #512F4D). For more colour, a short hue run to #76454C keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #895083 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #895083 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.