#831bea

Color #831bea

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 9.25 Nearest Tailwind class violet-600 #7f22fe · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#831bea

RGB

rgb(131, 27, 234)

HSL

hsl(270.1, 83.1%, 51.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270.1, 88.5%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(44%, 88.5%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(40.49, 75.15, -82.14)

LCH

lch(40.49, 111.33, 312.46)

OKLCH

oklch(52.2%, 0.267, 298.14)

HWB

hwb(270.1, 10.6%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#82ea1b

Analogous

#1b1bea

#831bea

#ea1bea

Triadic

#831bea

#ea831b

#1bea83

Split-complementary

#831bea

#eaea1b

#1bea1b

Tetradic

#831bea

#ea1b82

#82ea1b

#1bea83

Square

#831bea

#ea1b1b

#82ea1b

#1beaea

Shades

Color #831bea mixed toward black.

#6d12c7

#570f9f

#410b78

#2c0750

#160428

Tints

Color #831bea mixed toward white.

#9841ed

#ac67f1

#c18df4

#d6b3f8

#ead9fb

Tones

Color #831bea mixed toward gray.

#832cd9

#833ec7

#834fb6

#8360a5

#837194

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.31:1

White text reads better on this background (6.34:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6665cf · ΔE 15.3

Deuteranopia

#6b70c8 · ΔE 18.9

Tritanopia

#80b7b1 · ΔE 44.3

Achromatopsia

#5f5f5f · ΔE 31.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #831bea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#831bea]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#831bea (#831bea) is rgb(131, 27, 234) in RGB.

No, #831bea 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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