Mardi Gras (#880085)

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
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Best text color: #FFFFFF
Contrast vs white: 8.80:1 — vs black: 2.39:1

Color values

  • HEX #880085
  • RGB rgb(136, 0, 133)
  • HSL hsl(301, 100%, 53%)
  • CMYK cmyk( 0, 100, 2.21, 46.67 )
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Tags

Mood

Energetic (215) Bold (205)

Style

Vivid (210) Warm (180)

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 #880085 based on color theory relationships.

Complementary

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

Mardi Gras
#880085 Base
#008803
Analogous

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

Mardi Gras
#880085 Base
#470088
#880041
Triadic

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

Mardi Gras
#880085 Base
#858800
#008588
Split-Complementary

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

Mardi Gras
#880085 Base
#418800
#008847
Tetradic (Square)

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

Mardi Gras
#880085 Base
#884700
#008803
#004188
Monochromatic

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

Mardi Gras
#880085 Base
#1A0019
#3C003A
#5F005D
#B100AD
#D500D0
#FF22FA
Shades & Tints

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

Shades (darker)

— #1A0019
— #30002F
— #460044
— #5C005A
— #72006F
Mardi Gras #880085 Base
— #CE00C9
— #FF14FA
— #FF5AFB
— #FFA0FD
— #FFE6FE
CSS & SCSS Snippets

Ready-to-use code snippets for #880085. Click the copy button to copy any snippet to your clipboard.

CSS Properties 
/* Background */
.element {
    background-color: #880085;
}

/* Text */
.element {
    color: #880085;
}

/* Border */
.element {
    border: 1px solid #880085;
}
CSS Gradient 
/* Linear gradient to complementary */
.element {
    background: linear-gradient(
        to right,
        #880085,
        #11FF16
    );
}

/* Radial gradient */
.element {
    background: radial-gradient(
        circle,
        #880085,
        #11FF16
    );
}
SCSS Variable 
// SCSS variable
$mardi-gras: #880085;

// With RGB channels (useful for rgba() usage)
$mardi-gras-r: 136;
$mardi-gras-g: 0;
$mardi-gras-b: 133;

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

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

Normal Vision #880085 How the color appears with full color vision.
Deuteranopia #4C4C84 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 #2E2E85 Protanopia affects ~1% of males. Red cones are absent, causing reds to appear dark and indistinguishable from greens and browns.
Tritanopia #803030 Tritanopia is rare (~0.003%). Blue cones are absent, making blue and yellow difficult to distinguish. Blues may appear green, yellows appear pink.
Achromatopsia #4A4A4A 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 Mardi Gras ranked by perceptual difference (Delta-E 2000 — lower = more similar).

Mardi Gras #880085 Base
Dark Magenta #8B008B ΔE 1.05
Purple #800080 ΔE 1.59
Eminence #6C3082 ΔE 6.95
Violet (RYB) #8601AF ΔE 7.26

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.