#8440b9

Color #8440b9

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 12.72 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8440b9

RGB

rgb(132, 64, 185)

HSL

hsl(273.7, 48.6%, 48.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(273.7, 65.4%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.6%, 65.4%, 0%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(41.34, 50.77, -52.47)

LCH

lch(41.34, 73.01, 314.06)

OKLCH

oklch(51.6%, 0.1856, 306.85)

HWB

hwb(273.7, 25.1%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#75b940

Analogous

#4740b9

#8440b9

#b940b1

Triadic

#8440b9

#b98440

#40b984

Split-complementary

#8440b9

#b1b940

#40b947

Tetradic

#8440b9

#b94075

#75b940

#40b984

Square

#8440b9

#b94740

#75b940

#40b1b9

Shades

Color #8440b9 mixed toward black.

#6e359a

#582b7b

#42205c

#2c153e

#160b1f

Tints

Color #8440b9 mixed toward white.

#995dc7

#ad7ed2

#c29edd

#d6bee9

#ebdff4

Tones

Color #8440b9 mixed toward gray.

#834aaf

#8154a5

#805e9b

#7f6891

#7e7287

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.42:1

White text reads better on this background (6.15:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6ca6 · ΔE 15.2

Deuteranopia

#7075a1 · ΔE 18.6

Tritanopia

#829490 · ΔE 33.1

Achromatopsia

#616161 · ΔE 27.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8440b9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8440b9]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#8440b9 (#8440b9) is rgb(132, 64, 185) in RGB.

No, #8440b9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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