#8500c9

Color #8500c9

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 4.86 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 2.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8500c9

RGB

rgb(133, 0, 201)

HSL

hsl(279.7, 100%, 39.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.7, 100%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.8%, 100%, 0%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(36.37, 72.7, -69.9)

LCH

lch(36.37, 100.85, 316.12)

OKLCH

oklch(48.6%, 0.2496, 307)

HWB

hwb(279.7, 0%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#44c900

Analogous

#2000c9

#8500c9

#c900a8

Triadic

#8500c9

#c98500

#00c985

Split-complementary

#8500c9

#a8c900

#00c920

Tetradic

#8500c9

#c90044

#44c900

#00c985

Square

#8500c9

#c92000

#44c900

#00a8c9

Shades

Color #8500c9 mixed toward black.

#6f00a7

#590086

#420064

#2c0043

#160021

Tints

Color #8500c9 mixed toward white.

#a700fc

#b931ff

#cb64ff

#dc98ff

#eecbff

Tones

Color #8500c9 mixed toward gray.

#8011b8

#7a21a7

#753297

#6f4386

#6a5475

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.84:1

White text reads better on this background (7.39:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6665b2 · ΔE 19

Deuteranopia

#6b71ab · ΔE 23.1

Tritanopia

#829c96 · ΔE 40.6

Achromatopsia

#565656 · ΔE 30.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8500c9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8500c9]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#8500c9 (#8500c9) is rgb(133, 0, 201) in RGB.

No, #8500c9 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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