#83509b

Color #83509b

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 17.64 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 11.2

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Conversions

HEX

#83509b

RGB

rgb(131, 80, 155)

HSL

hsl(280.8, 31.9%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280.8, 48.4%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.5%, 48.4%, 0%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(42.66, 35.06, -32.59)

LCH

lch(42.66, 47.87, 317.09)

OKLCH

oklch(52%, 0.1262, 314.1)

HWB

hwb(280.8, 31.4%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#689b50

Analogous

#5e509b

#83509b

#9b508e

Triadic

#83509b

#9b8350

#509b83

Split-complementary

#83509b

#8e9b50

#509b5e

Tetradic

#83509b

#9b5068

#689b50

#509b83

Square

#83509b

#9b5e50

#689b50

#508e9b

Shades

Color #83509b mixed toward black.

#6d4381

#573567

#42284e

#2c1b34

#160d1a

Tints

Color #83509b mixed toward white.

#9a68b1

#ae86c1

#c2a4d0

#d6c3e0

#ebe1ef

Tones

Color #83509b mixed toward gray.

#815695

#7f5d8f

#7c6388

#7a6982

#786f7c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.59:1

White text reads better on this background (5.86:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#70708d · ΔE 15.2

Deuteranopia

#73778a · ΔE 18.4

Tritanopia

#81817e · ΔE 29

Achromatopsia

#656565 · ΔE 24.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #83509b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#83509b]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#83509b (#83509b) is rgb(131, 80, 155) in RGB.

No, #83509b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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