#821ac0

Color #821ac0

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 8.16 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#821ac0

RGB

rgb(130, 26, 192)

HSL

hsl(277.6, 76.1%, 42.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.6, 86.5%, 75.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.3%, 86.5%, 0%, 24.7%)

LAB

lab(36.54, 66.35, -64.38)

LCH

lch(36.54, 92.45, 315.86)

OKLCH

oklch(48.4%, 0.2308, 307.38)

HWB

hwb(277.6, 10.2%, 24.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#58c01a

Analogous

#2f1ac0

#821ac0

#c01aab

Triadic

#821ac0

#c0821a

#1ac082

Split-complementary

#821ac0

#abc01a

#1ac02f

Tetradic

#821ac0

#c01a58

#58c01a

#1ac082

Square

#821ac0

#c02f1a

#58c01a

#1aabc0

Shades

Color #821ac0 mixed toward black.

#6c16a0

#571180

#410d60

#2b0940

#160420

Tints

Color #821ac0 mixed toward white.

#9d29e2

#b053e8

#c47eee

#d8a9f3

#ebd4f9

Tones

Color #821ac0 mixed toward gray.

#7e28b2

#7b36a4

#774396

#745189

#705f7b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.86:1

White text reads better on this background (7.35:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6565aa · ΔE 18.4

Deuteranopia

#6a6fa4 · ΔE 21.9

Tritanopia

#7f9691 · ΔE 38

Achromatopsia

#565656 · ΔE 30

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Code

CSS

background-color: #821ac0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#821ac0]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#821ac0 (#821ac0) is rgb(130, 26, 192) in RGB.

No, #821ac0 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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