#8400c7

Color #8400c7

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 5.54 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 2.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8400c7

RGB

rgb(132, 0, 199)

HSL

hsl(279.8, 100%, 39%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.8, 100%, 78%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.7%, 100%, 0%, 22%)

LAB

lab(36.04, 72.2, -69.29)

LCH

lch(36.04, 100.07, 316.18)

OKLCH

oklch(48.3%, 0.2478, 307.13)

HWB

hwb(279.8, 0%, 22%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#43c700

Analogous

#2000c7

#8400c7

#c700a6

Triadic

#8400c7

#c78400

#00c784

Split-complementary

#8400c7

#a6c700

#00c720

Tetradic

#8400c7

#c70043

#43c700

#00c784

Square

#8400c7

#c72000

#43c700

#00a6c7

Shades

Color #8400c7 mixed toward black.

#6e00a6

#580085

#420063

#2c0042

#160021

Tints

Color #8400c7 mixed toward white.

#a600fb

#b930ff

#cb63ff

#dc97ff

#eecbff

Tones

Color #8400c7 mixed toward gray.

#7f11b6

#7921a6

#743295

#6e4285

#695374

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.81:1

White text reads better on this background (7.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6564b0 · ΔE 18.9

Deuteranopia

#6a70aa · ΔE 23

Tritanopia

#819a95 · ΔE 39.5

Achromatopsia

#555555 · ΔE 30.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8400c7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8400c7]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#8400c7 (#8400c7) is rgb(132, 0, 199) in RGB.

No, #8400c7 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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