Plum
#8E4585
Plum (#8E4585) is a medium, muted pink colour, balanced between warm and cool. In RGB it is 142 red, 69 green and 133 blue; in HSL its hue is 307°, its saturation 35% and its lightness 41%. For print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 51% magenta, 6% yellow and 44% black, though printed colours vary with paper and ink.
Pink ranges from soft and caring to loud and rebellious. Pastel pinks feel gentle; hot pinks and magentas grab attention and feel young.
Text on plum
White text on plum has a contrast ratio of 6.29:1 and passes AA; black text has 3.34:1 and passes AA for large text only. White text is the better choice on it. Check other pairs in the contrast checker.
White text · 6.29:1
Black text · 3.34:1
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Use plum in CSS
.button {
background-color: #8E4585;
color: #FFFFFF;
}Make a full Tailwind scale from it with the Tailwind shades generator, or see more shades of pink.