#8234c2

Color #8234c2

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 8.06 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8234c2

RGB

rgb(130, 52, 194)

HSL

hsl(273, 57.7%, 48.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(273, 73.2%, 76.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(33%, 73.2%, 0%, 23.9%)

LAB

lab(39.74, 57.96, -60.33)

LCH

lch(39.74, 83.66, 313.85)

OKLCH

oklch(50.6%, 0.2094, 304.97)

HWB

hwb(273, 20.4%, 23.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#74c234

Analogous

#3b34c2

#8234c2

#c234bb

Triadic

#8234c2

#c28234

#34c282

Split-complementary

#8234c2

#bbc234

#34c23b

Tetradic

#8234c2

#c23474

#74c234

#34c282

Square

#8234c2

#c23b34

#74c234

#34bbc2

Shades

Color #8234c2 mixed toward black.

#6c2ba2

#572381

#411a61

#2b1141

#160920

Tints

Color #8234c2 mixed toward white.

#9751d0

#ac74da

#c197e3

#d6baec

#eadcf6

Tones

Color #8234c2 mixed toward gray.

#8140b6

#804caa

#7e579e

#7d6393

#7c6f87

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.22:1

White text reads better on this background (6.52:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6968ad · ΔE 15.7

Deuteranopia

#6d71a7 · ΔE 19

Tritanopia

#7f9995 · ΔE 35.6

Achromatopsia

#5e5e5e · ΔE 29.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8234c2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8234c2]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#8234c2 (#8234c2) is rgb(130, 52, 194) in RGB.

No, #8234c2 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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