#83508e

Color #83508e

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 20.73 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-800 #8a0194 · ΔE 12.6

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Conversions

HEX

#83508e

RGB

rgb(131, 80, 142)

HSL

hsl(289.4, 27.9%, 43.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(289.4, 43.7%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.7%, 43.7%, 0%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(42.03, 32.21, -25.76)

LCH

lch(42.03, 41.24, 321.35)

OKLCH

oklch(51.3%, 0.1111, 320.33)

HWB

hwb(289.4, 31.4%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5b8e50

Analogous

#64508e

#83508e

#8e507a

Triadic

#83508e

#8e8350

#508e83

Split-complementary

#83508e

#7a8e50

#508e64

Tetradic

#83508e

#8e505b

#5b8e50

#508e83

Square

#83508e

#8e6450

#5b8e50

#507a8e

Shades

Color #83508e mixed toward black.

#6d4376

#57355f

#412847

#2c1b2f

#160d18

Tints

Color #83508e mixed toward white.

#9d65a8

#b084ba

#c4a3cb

#d8c2dc

#ebe0ee

Tones

Color #83508e mixed toward gray.

#805589

#7c5a84

#795f7e

#766579

#726a74

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.5:1

White text reads better on this background (5.99:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#707082 · ΔE 17.4

Deuteranopia

#73777f · ΔE 20.9

Tritanopia

#817876 · ΔE 23.9

Achromatopsia

#636363 · ΔE 23.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #83508e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#83508e]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#83508e (#83508e) is rgb(131, 80, 142) in RGB.

No, #83508e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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