#821bc5

Color #821bc5

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 9.22 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#821bc5

RGB

rgb(130, 27, 197)

HSL

hsl(276.4, 75.9%, 43.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.4, 86.3%, 77.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(34%, 86.3%, 0%, 22.7%)

LAB

lab(37.04, 67.14, -66.49)

LCH

lch(37.04, 94.49, 315.28)

OKLCH

oklch(48.8%, 0.2345, 306.05)

HWB

hwb(276.4, 10.6%, 22.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5ec51b

Analogous

#2d1bc5

#821bc5

#c51bb3

Triadic

#821bc5

#c5821b

#1bc582

Split-complementary

#821bc5

#b3c51b

#1bc52d

Tetradic

#821bc5

#c51b5e

#5ec51b

#1bc582

Square

#821bc5

#c52d1b

#5ec51b

#1bb3c5

Shades

Color #821bc5 mixed toward black.

#6c16a4

#571283

#410d62

#2b0942

#160421

Tints

Color #821bc5 mixed toward white.

#9b2de2

#af57e8

#c381ee

#d7abf4

#ebd5f9

Tones

Color #821bc5 mixed toward gray.

#7f29b7

#7c37a9

#79459a

#76548c

#73627e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.91:1

White text reads better on this background (7.21:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6565ae · ΔE 18

Deuteranopia

#6a6fa8 · ΔE 21.4

Tritanopia

#7f9a94 · ΔE 39.4

Achromatopsia

#575757 · ΔE 30.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #821bc5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#821bc5]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#821bc5 (#821bc5) is rgb(130, 27, 197) in RGB.

No, #821bc5 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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