Deep Ruby (#843F5B)

HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK values + mood/style/use-case color tags. Use this page to keep your colors consistent across web and print.

Preview

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Best text color: #FFFFFF
Contrast vs white: 7.39:1 — vs black: 2.84:1

Color values

  • HEX #843F5B
  • RGB rgb(132, 63, 91)
  • HSL hsl(335, 52%, 51%)
  • CMYK cmyk( 0, 52.27, 31.06, 48.24 )
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Tags

Mood

Romantic (190)

Style

Warm (180)

Use case

Text (210) Button (200) Logo (175)

Tip: tags are heuristic suggestions (helpful for browsing and inspiration).

Color Harmonies

Colors that pair well with #843F5B based on color theory relationships.

Complementary

The color directly opposite on the color wheel — creates maximum contrast and vibrance.

Deep Ruby
#843F5B Base
#3F8468
Analogous

Colors adjacent on the wheel — naturally harmonious and pleasing to the eye.

Deep Ruby
#843F5B Base
#843F7D
#84463F
Triadic

Three colors equally spaced 120° apart — bold, balanced, and visually rich.

Deep Ruby
#843F5B Base
#5B843F
#3F5B84
Split-Complementary

Two colors flanking the complement — high contrast with less tension than full complementary.

Deep Ruby
#843F5B Base
#3F8446
#3F7D84
Tetradic (Square)

Four colors at 90° intervals — rich variety, best when one color dominates.

Deep Ruby
#843F5B Base
#7D843F
#3F8468
#463F84
Monochromatic

Shades and tints of the same hue — cohesive, elegant, and easy to work with.

Deep Ruby
#843F5B Base
#1C0E14
#502637
#683248
#A04C6E
#B25E80
#CB91A9
Shades & Tints

Darker shades and lighter tints of Deep Ruby, generated by adjusting lightness while keeping the same hue and saturation.

Shades (darker)

— #11080C
— #28131C
— #3F1E2C
— #56293B
— #6D344B
Deep Ruby #843F5B Base
— #AB5276
— #BF7895
— #D19FB4
— #E4C7D3
— #F7EEF1
CSS & SCSS Snippets

Ready-to-use code snippets for #843F5B. Click the copy button to copy any snippet to your clipboard.

CSS Properties 
/* Background */
.element {
    background-color: #843F5B;
}

/* Text */
.element {
    color: #843F5B;
}

/* Border */
.element {
    border: 1px solid #843F5B;
}
CSS Gradient 
/* Linear gradient to complementary */
.element {
    background: linear-gradient(
        to right,
        #843F5B,
        #44C490
    );
}

/* Radial gradient */
.element {
    background: radial-gradient(
        circle,
        #843F5B,
        #44C490
    );
}
SCSS Variable 
// SCSS variable
$deep-ruby: #843F5B;

// With RGB channels (useful for rgba() usage)
$deep-ruby-r: 132;
$deep-ruby-g: 63;
$deep-ruby-b: 91;

// Usage
.element {
    background-color: $deep-ruby;
    color: rgba($deep-ruby-r, $deep-ruby-g, $deep-ruby-b, 0.8);
}
Color Blindness Simulation

How Deep Ruby appears to people with different types of color vision deficiency.

Normal Vision #843F5B How the color appears with full color vision.
Deuteranopia #5A5A59 Deuteranopia affects ~8% of males. Green cones are absent, making it difficult to distinguish red from green. The most common form of color blindness.
Protanopia #4B4B5B Protanopia affects ~1% of males. Red cones are absent, causing reds to appear dark and indistinguishable from greens and browns.
Tritanopia #824343 Tritanopia is rare (~0.003%). Blue cones are absent, making blue and yellow difficult to distinguish. Blues may appear green, yellows appear pink.
Achromatopsia #565656 Achromatopsia is complete color blindness. The world is seen entirely in shades of grey. Affects ~1 in 30,000 people.
Similar Named Colors

The closest named colors to Deep Ruby ranked by perceptual difference (Delta-E 2000 — lower = more similar).

Deep Ruby #843F5B Base
Quinacridone Magenta #8E3A59 ΔE 2.69
Twilight Lavender #8A496B ΔE 4.11
Boysenberry #873260 ΔE 4.50
Dark Raspberry #872657 ΔE 5.78

How to use this color

  1. Copy HEX for CSS and design tools, or RGB/HSL for UI adjustments.
  2. Use CMYK when preparing print assets (posters, packaging, brochures).
  3. Check contrast before using it for text or important UI elements.