#8208cd

Color #8208cd

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 5.32 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 1.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8208cd

RGB

rgb(130, 8, 205)

HSL

hsl(277.2, 92.5%, 41.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.2, 96.1%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.6%, 96.1%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(36.61, 72.17, -71.87)

LCH

lch(36.61, 101.85, 315.12)

OKLCH

oklch(48.8%, 0.2497, 304.74)

HWB

hwb(277.2, 3.1%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#53cd08

Analogous

#2008cd

#8208cd

#cd08b6

Triadic

#8208cd

#cd8208

#08cd82

Split-complementary

#8208cd

#b6cd08

#08cd20

Tetradic

#8208cd

#cd0853

#53cd08

#08cd82

Square

#8208cd

#cd2008

#53cd08

#08b6cd

Shades

Color #8208cd mixed toward black.

#6d07ab

#570589

#410467

#2b0344

#160122

Tints

Color #8208cd mixed toward white.

#9f11f6

#b241f8

#c570f9

#d9a0fb

#eccffd

Tones

Color #8208cd mixed toward gray.

#7e18bd

#7a29ac

#76399c

#724a8b

#6f5a7b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.87:1

White text reads better on this background (7.33:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6463b5 · ΔE 17.9

Deuteranopia

#696eaf · ΔE 21.6

Tritanopia

#7f9f9a · ΔE 40.5

Achromatopsia

#565656 · ΔE 31

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8208cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8208cd]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8208cd (#8208cd) is rgb(130, 8, 205) in RGB.

No, #8208cd 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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