#8422ab

Color #8422ab

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 11.52 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-800 #8a0194 · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8422ab

RGB

rgb(132, 34, 171)

HSL

hsl(282.9, 66.8%, 40.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282.9, 80.1%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.8%, 80.1%, 0%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(35.97, 60.12, -52.85)

LCH

lch(35.97, 80.05, 318.68)

OKLCH

oklch(47.5%, 0.2069, 313.73)

HWB

hwb(282.9, 13.3%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#49ab22

Analogous

#3f22ab

#8422ab

#ab228e

Triadic

#8422ab

#ab8422

#22ab84

Split-complementary

#8422ab

#8eab22

#22ab3f

Tetradic

#8422ab

#ab2249

#49ab22

#22ab84

Square

#8422ab

#ab3f22

#49ab22

#228eab

Shades

Color #8422ab mixed toward black.

#6e1c8e

#581772

#421155

#2c0b39

#16061c

Tints

Color #8422ab mixed toward white.

#a42bd5

#b755dd

#c980e6

#dbaaee

#edd5f7

Tones

Color #8422ab mixed toward gray.

#7f2da0

#7a3994

#754489

#70507d

#6b5b72

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.8:1

White text reads better on this background (7.51:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#686798 · ΔE 19.7

Deuteranopia

#6c7193 · ΔE 23.3

Tritanopia

#818682 · ΔE 35.4

Achromatopsia

#555555 · ΔE 28.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8422ab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8422ab]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#8422ab (#8422ab) is rgb(132, 34, 171) in RGB.

No, #8422ab 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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