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#8A608A

Plum · medium warm pink

About #8A608A

With the hex code #8A608A, this is a medium pink with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 54% red, 38% green and 54% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 30% magenta, 0% yellow and 46% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Plum and Eggplant — a ΔE of 17.5 — followed by Eggplant. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #608A60, a fern shade.

In design, a medium colour like this works best for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. White text reads best on it at 5.10:1 (a WCAG AA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (5.10:1).

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Red138
Green96
Blue138

Closest named colours

Plum
#8E4585 · ΔE 17.5
Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 20.6
Rose Gold
#B76E79 · ΔE 25.0

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #8A608A

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on plum #8A608A.
5.10:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on plum #8A608A.
4.12:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #8A608A appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#8A608A
Protanopia (no red cones)
#5D6B8C
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#677089
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#8D646F

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #8A608A?

With the hex code #8A608A, this is a medium pink with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 54% red, 38% green and 54% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 30% magenta, 0% yellow and 46% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #8A608A?

Use white text. White on #8A608A has a contrast ratio of 5.10:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #8A608A?

Its complementary colour is #608A60, and analogous partners are #75608A and #8A6075.