#8209ce

Color #8209ce

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 5.3 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 1.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8209ce

RGB

rgb(130, 9, 206)

HSL

hsl(276.9, 91.6%, 42.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.9, 95.6%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.9%, 95.6%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(36.74, 72.25, -72.23)

LCH

lch(36.74, 102.16, 315.01)

OKLCH

oklch(48.9%, 0.2502, 304.46)

HWB

hwb(276.9, 3.5%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#55ce09

Analogous

#2009ce

#8209ce

#ce09b8

Triadic

#8209ce

#ce8209

#09ce82

Split-complementary

#8209ce

#b8ce09

#09ce20

Tetradic

#8209ce

#ce0955

#55ce09

#09ce82

Square

#8209ce

#ce2009

#55ce09

#09b8ce

Shades

Color #8209ce mixed toward black.

#6d08ac

#570689

#410567

#2b0345

#160222

Tints

Color #8209ce mixed toward white.

#9e14f5

#b143f7

#c572f9

#d8a1fb

#ecd0fd

Tones

Color #8209ce mixed toward gray.

#7f19be

#7b2aad

#773a9d

#734b8c

#6f5b7c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.88:1

White text reads better on this background (7.29:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6463b6 · ΔE 17.8

Deuteranopia

#696eb0 · ΔE 21.5

Tritanopia

#7fa09a · ΔE 41.3

Achromatopsia

#565656 · ΔE 31

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8209ce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8209ce]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8209ce (#8209ce) is rgb(130, 9, 206) in RGB.

No, #8209ce 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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