#8161cd

Color #8161cd

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 6.16 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8161cd

RGB

rgb(129, 97, 205)

HSL

hsl(257.8, 51.9%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(257.8, 52.7%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.1%, 52.7%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(49.04, 37.2, -51.71)

LCH

lch(49.04, 63.7, 305.73)

OKLCH

oklch(57.6%, 0.1609, 294.45)

HWB

hwb(257.8, 38%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#adcd61

Analogous

#6177cd

#8161cd

#b761cd

Triadic

#8161cd

#cd8161

#61cd81

Split-complementary

#8161cd

#cdb761

#77cd61

Tetradic

#8161cd

#cd61ad

#adcd61

#61cd81

Square

#8161cd

#cd6177

#adcd61

#61cdb7

Shades

Color #8161cd mixed toward black.

#633dbf

#4f3099

#3c2473

#28184c

#140c26

Tints

Color #8161cd mixed toward white.

#967bd5

#ab96de

#c0b0e6

#d5caee

#eae5f7

Tones

Color #8161cd mixed toward gray.

#856ac4

#8873bb

#8c7cb2

#9085a9

#938ea0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.52:1

White text reads better on this background (4.64:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7474ba · ΔE 8.2

Deuteranopia

#7679b5 · ΔE 10.1

Tritanopia

#80a9a5 · ΔE 32.7

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 26.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #8161cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8161cd]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#8161cd (#8161cd) is rgb(129, 97, 205) in RGB.

No, #8161cd is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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