Boysenberry (#873260)

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

Preview

Sample Text

This is how text may look on this color.

Best text color: #FFFFFF
Contrast vs white: 7.91:1 — vs black: 2.66:1

Color values

HEX #873260
RGB rgb(135, 50, 96)
HSL hsl(327, 62%, 52%)
CMYK cmyk( 0, 62.96, 28.89, 47.06 )
Websafe #993366

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Tags

Mood

Style

Use case

Text (210) Button (200) Accent (185)

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

Color Harmonies

Colors that pair well with #873260 based on color theory relationships.

Complementary

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

Boysenberry
#873260 Base

#328759

Analogous

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

Boysenberry
#873260 Base

#833287

#873236

Triadic

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

Boysenberry
#873260 Base

#608732

#326087

Split-Complementary

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

Boysenberry
#873260 Base

#368732

#328783

Tetradic (Square)

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

Boysenberry
#873260 Base

#878332

#328759

#323687

Monochromatic

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

Boysenberry
#873260 Base

#170911

#4F1D38

#69274B

#A53D75

#BC4A87

#D181AC

Shades & Tints

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

Shades (darker)

— #13070D

— #2A101E

— #41182E

— #58213F

— #70294F

Boysenberry #873260 Base

— #B3427F

— #C8699C

— #D895B9

— #E8C1D6

— #F8ECF3

CSS & SCSS Snippets

Ready-to-use code snippets for #873260. Click the copy button to copy any snippet to your clipboard.

/* Background */
.element {
    background-color: #873260;
}

/* Text */
.element {
    color: #873260;
}

/* Border */
.element {
    border: 1px solid #873260;
}

/* Linear gradient to complementary */
.element {
    background: linear-gradient(
        to right,
        #873260,
        #3BD381
    );
}

/* Radial gradient */
.element {
    background: radial-gradient(
        circle,
        #873260,
        #3BD381
    );
}

// SCSS variable
$boysenberry: #873260;

// With RGB channels (useful for rgba() usage)
$boysenberry-r: 135;
$boysenberry-g: 50;
$boysenberry-b: 96;

// Usage
.element {
    background-color: $boysenberry;
    color: rgba($boysenberry-r, $boysenberry-g, $boysenberry-b, 0.8);
}

Color Blindness Simulation

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

Normal Vision #873260 How the color appears with full color vision.

Deuteranopia #56565E 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 #424260 Protanopia affects ~1% of males. Red cones are absent, causing reds to appear dark and indistinguishable from greens and browns.

Tritanopia #843A3A Tritanopia is rare (~0.003%). Blue cones are absent, making blue and yellow difficult to distinguish. Blues may appear green, yellows appear pink.

Achromatopsia #515151 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 Boysenberry ranked by perceptual difference (Delta-E 2000 — lower = more similar).

Boysenberry #873260 Base

Dark Raspberry #872657 ΔE 2.69

Deep Ruby #843F5B ΔE 4.50

Quinacridone Magenta #8E3A59 ΔE 4.78

French Plum #811453 ΔE 5.19

How to use this color

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