Twilight Lavender (#8A496B)

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: 6.47:1 — vs black: 3.25:1

Color values

  • HEX #8A496B
  • RGB rgb(138, 73, 107)
  • HSL hsl(328, 47%, 54%)
  • CMYK cmyk( 0, 47.1, 22.46, 45.88 )
  • Websafe #993366

Tags

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

Color Harmonies

Colors that pair well with #8A496B based on color theory relationships.

Complementary

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

Twilight Lavender
#8A496B Base
#498A68
Analogous

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

Twilight Lavender
#8A496B Base
#88498A
#8A494A
Triadic

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

Twilight Lavender
#8A496B Base
#6B8A49
#496B8A
Split-Complementary

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

Twilight Lavender
#8A496B Base
#4A8A49
#498A88
Tetradic (Square)

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

Twilight Lavender
#8A496B Base
#8A8849
#498A68
#494A8A
Monochromatic

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

Twilight Lavender
#8A496B Base
#26141D
#582F44
#6F3B56
#A55780
#B26D91
#CCA0B7
Shades & Tints

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

Shades (darker)

#11090D
#291620
#412233
#592F45
#723C58
Twilight Lavender #8A496B Base
#AA5F87
#BD83A2
#D0A7BD
#E3CBD7
#F6EEF2
CSS & SCSS Snippets

Ready-to-use code snippets for #8A496B. Click the copy button to copy any snippet to your clipboard.

CSS Properties
/* Background */
.element {
    background-color: #8A496B;
}

/* Text */
.element {
    color: #8A496B;
}

/* Border */
.element {
    border: 1px solid #8A496B;
}
CSS Gradient
/* Linear gradient to complementary */
.element {
    background: linear-gradient(
        to right,
        #8A496B,
        #53C187
    );
}

/* Radial gradient */
.element {
    background: radial-gradient(
        circle,
        #8A496B,
        #53C187
    );
}
SCSS Variable
// SCSS variable
$twilight-lavender: #8A496B;

// With RGB channels (useful for rgba() usage)
$twilight-lavender-r: 138;
$twilight-lavender-g: 73;
$twilight-lavender-b: 107;

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

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

Normal Vision #8A496B How the color appears with full color vision.
Deuteranopia #62626A 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 #53536B Protanopia affects ~1% of males. Red cones are absent, causing reds to appear dark and indistinguishable from greens and browns.
Tritanopia #874E4E Tritanopia is rare (~0.003%). Blue cones are absent, making blue and yellow difficult to distinguish. Blues may appear green, yellows appear pink.
Achromatopsia #5E5E5E 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 Twilight Lavender ranked by perceptual difference (Delta-E 2000 — lower = more similar).

Twilight Lavender #8A496B Base
Deep Ruby #843F5B ΔE 4.11
Magenta Haze #9F4576 ΔE 4.78
Quinacridone Magenta #8E3A59 ΔE 5.54
Boysenberry #873260 ΔE 5.77

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.