#8500d9

Color #8500d9

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 6.66 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 0.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8500d9

RGB

rgb(133, 0, 217)

HSL

hsl(276.8, 100%, 42.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.8, 100%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.7%, 100%, 0%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(37.84, 75.85, -76.78)

LCH

lch(37.84, 107.93, 314.65)

OKLCH

oklch(50%, 0.2623, 303.19)

HWB

hwb(276.8, 0%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#54d900

Analogous

#1900d9

#8500d9

#d900c0

Triadic

#8500d9

#d98500

#00d985

Split-complementary

#8500d9

#c0d900

#00d919

Tetradic

#8500d9

#d90054

#54d900

#00d985

Square

#8500d9

#d91900

#54d900

#00c0d9

Shades

Color #8500d9 mixed toward black.

#6f00b5

#590091

#42006c

#2c0048

#160024

Tints

Color #8500d9 mixed toward white.

#a10bff

#b33cff

#c66cff

#d99dff

#ecceff

Tones

Color #8500d9 mixed toward gray.

#8112c7

#7d24b5

#7936a3

#754891

#705a7e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7:1

Aa Black text on this color

3:1

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

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6665c0 · ΔE 17.8

Deuteranopia

#6b71b9 · ΔE 21.9

Tritanopia

#82a8a3 · ΔE 42

Achromatopsia

#595959 · ΔE 31.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8500d9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8500d9]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8500d9 (#8500d9) is rgb(133, 0, 217) in RGB.

No, #8500d9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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