#8308cd

Color #8308cd

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 5.08 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 1.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8308cd

RGB

rgb(131, 8, 205)

HSL

hsl(277.5, 92.5%, 41.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.5, 96.1%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.1%, 96.1%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(36.76, 72.28, -71.62)

LCH

lch(36.76, 101.75, 315.26)

OKLCH

oklch(48.9%, 0.2499, 305.1)

HWB

hwb(277.5, 3.1%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#52cd08

Analogous

#2108cd

#8308cd

#cd08b5

Triadic

#8308cd

#cd8308

#08cd83

Split-complementary

#8308cd

#b5cd08

#08cd21

Tetradic

#8308cd

#cd0852

#52cd08

#08cd83

Square

#8308cd

#cd2108

#52cd08

#08b5cd

Shades

Color #8308cd mixed toward black.

#6d07ab

#570589

#420467

#2c0344

#160122

Tints

Color #8308cd mixed toward white.

#a011f6

#b341f8

#c670f9

#d9a0fb

#eccffd

Tones

Color #8308cd mixed toward gray.

#7f18bd

#7b29ac

#77399c

#734a8b

#6f5a7b

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

#6564b5 · ΔE 18.2

Deuteranopia

#6a6faf · ΔE 21.9

Tritanopia

#809f9a · ΔE 40.4

Achromatopsia

#565656 · ΔE 30.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8308cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8308cd]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8308cd (#8308cd) is rgb(131, 8, 205) in RGB.

No, #8308cd 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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