#8400dd

Color #8400dd

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 8.47 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 0.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8400dd

RGB

rgb(132, 0, 221)

HSL

hsl(275.8, 100%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.8, 100%, 86.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.3%, 100%, 0%, 13.3%)

LAB

lab(38.07, 76.55, -78.7)

LCH

lch(38.07, 109.79, 314.21)

OKLCH

oklch(50.2%, 0.2654, 301.94)

HWB

hwb(275.8, 0%, 13.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#59dd00

Analogous

#1500dd

#8400dd

#dd00c7

Triadic

#8400dd

#dd8400

#00dd84

Split-complementary

#8400dd

#c7dd00

#00dd15

Tetradic

#8400dd

#dd0059

#59dd00

#00dd84

Square

#8400dd

#dd1500

#59dd00

#00c7dd

Shades

Color #8400dd mixed toward black.

#6e00b8

#580093

#42006e

#2c004a

#160025

Tints

Color #8400dd mixed toward white.

#9e0eff

#b13eff

#c56eff

#d89fff

#eccfff

Tones

Color #8400dd mixed toward gray.

#8012ca

#7d25b8

#7937a6

#764a93

#725c81

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.03:1

White text reads better on this background (6.94:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6564c3 · ΔE 17.3

Deuteranopia

#6a70bd · ΔE 21.3

Tritanopia

#81aca6 · ΔE 43.5

Achromatopsia

#5a5a5a · ΔE 31.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8400dd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8400dd]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8400dd (#8400dd) is rgb(132, 0, 221) in RGB.

No, #8400dd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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