#8600A2

sRGB: 134 / 0 / 162

#8600A2 belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 134 red, 0 green and 162 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 289.6° lands in the magenta region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 31.8% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (8.28:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 134, 0, 162
HSL: 289.63°, 100.00%, 31.76%
HSV / HSB: 289.63°, 100.00%, 63.53%
CMYK (approx.): 17.28%, 100.00%, 0.00%, 36.47%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 16.352, 7.678, 34.804
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 33.302, 65.580, -51.734
WCAG relative luminance: 0.07677
24-bit decimal: 8781986

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #8600A2 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 2.54:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

White text: 8.28:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#1CA200 sits half a turn (180°) from #8600A2 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#8600A2 #1CA200

Analogous

#3500A2 and #A2006D sit 30° to either side of #8600A2. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#3500A2 #8600A2 #A2006D

Triadic

#8600A2, #A28600 and #00A286 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#8600A2 #A28600 #00A286

Split complementary

Start at #8600A2 and look across the wheel. #6DA200 and #00A235 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#8600A2 #6DA200 #00A235

Square

Starting with #8600A2, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #A23500, #1CA200, then #006DA2. Across the square, #8600A2 pairs with #1CA200, and #A23500 with #006DA2.

#8600A2 #A23500 #1CA200 #006DA2

Tetradic

#8600A2 and #1CA200 are opposites, as are #A2001C and #00A286. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#8600A2 #A2001C #1CA200 #00A286

Tints

Mixing #8600A2 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #9E33B5, keeps 80% of the original. By #E7CCEC, the mixture is 80% white.

#8600A2 #9E33B5 #B666C7 #CF99DA #E7CCEC #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #8600A2 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #6B0082, keeps 80% of the original. By #1B0020, the mixture is 80% black.

#8600A2 #6B0082 #500061 #360041 #1B0020 #000000

Tones

Mixing #8600A2 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #851A9B, keeps 80% of the original. By #816687, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#8600A2 #851A9B #843394 #824D8E #816687 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#8600A2

RGB

rgb(134 0 162)

HSL

hsl(289.630 100.000% 31.765%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #8600A2;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#8600A2 uses 134 red, 0 green and 162 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 52.5%

Green 0.0%

Blue 63.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #8600A2 is 17.3% cyan, 100.0% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 36.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 17.3%

Magenta 100.0%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 36.5%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #8800AA. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #80A in CSS. For a modern design, keep #8600A2 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #990099, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #8800AA Nearest web-safe: #990099

Gradient to complement

#8600A2 #741B87 #63366C #515151 #3F6C36 #2E871B #1CA200

Color vision previews

Compare how #8600A2 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#0047A6

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#10529F

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#85345E

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#453BA3

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#4D43A0

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#83228E

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#4E4E4E

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#6F3781

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.23840 G 0.00000 B 0.36131

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.48009 G 0.08547 B 0.61226

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.19607 G 0.00791 B 0.33305

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.278 y 0.130 Y 7.678

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 47.451 M % 100.000 Y % 36.471

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10000110 00000000 10100010