#8240c6

Color #8240c6

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 11.84 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8240c6

RGB

rgb(130, 64, 198)

HSL

hsl(269.6, 54%, 51.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(269.6, 67.7%, 77.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.3%, 67.7%, 0%, 22.4%)

LAB

lab(41.98, 53.44, -59.03)

LCH

lch(41.98, 79.63, 312.15)

OKLCH

oklch(52.3%, 0.1993, 302.58)

HWB

hwb(269.6, 25.1%, 22.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#84c640

Analogous

#4041c6

#8240c6

#c540c6

Triadic

#8240c6

#c68240

#40c682

Split-complementary

#8240c6

#c6c540

#41c640

Tetradic

#8240c6

#c64084

#84c640

#40c682

Square

#8240c6

#c64041

#84c640

#40c6c5

Shades

Color #8240c6 mixed toward black.

#6c32a8

#572887

#411e65

#2b1443

#160a22

Tints

Color #8240c6 mixed toward white.

#9760cf

#ac80d9

#c1a0e2

#d5bfec

#eadff5

Tones

Color #8240c6 mixed toward gray.

#824bbb

#8256b0

#8362a5

#836d99

#83788e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.5:1

White text reads better on this background (6:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6c6bb1 · ΔE 14.1

Deuteranopia

#6f73ac · ΔE 17

Tritanopia

#809e99 · ΔE 35.9

Achromatopsia

#636363 · ΔE 28.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8240c6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8240c6]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#8240c6 (#8240c6) is rgb(130, 64, 198) in RGB.

No, #8240c6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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