#8040bf

Color #8040bf

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 14.53 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8040bf

RGB

rgb(128, 64, 191)

HSL

hsl(270.2, 49.8%, 50%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270.2, 66.5%, 74.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(33%, 66.5%, 0%, 25.1%)

LAB

lab(41.24, 51.33, -56.16)

LCH

lch(41.24, 76.08, 312.43)

OKLCH

oklch(51.6%, 0.1912, 303.46)

HWB

hwb(270.2, 25.1%, 25.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7fbf40

Analogous

#4040bf

#8040bf

#bf40bf

Triadic

#8040bf

#bf8040

#40bf80

Split-complementary

#8040bf

#bfbf40

#40bf40

Tetradic

#8040bf

#bf407f

#7fbf40

#40bf80

Square

#8040bf

#bf4040

#7fbf40

#40bfbf

Shades

Color #8040bf mixed toward black.

#6b359f

#552b7f

#40205f

#2b1540

#150b20

Tints

Color #8040bf mixed toward white.

#9560ca

#aa80d4

#bfa0df

#d5bfea

#eadff4

Tones

Color #8040bf mixed toward gray.

#804bb4

#8055aa

#80609f

#806a95

#80758a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.4:1

White text reads better on this background (6.17:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6aab · ΔE 14.3

Deuteranopia

#6d71a6 · ΔE 16.9

Tritanopia

#7e9994 · ΔE 35.1

Achromatopsia

#616161 · ΔE 28.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8040bf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8040bf]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#8040bf (#8040bf) is rgb(128, 64, 191) in RGB.

No, #8040bf is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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