#8508d7

Color #8508d7

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 5.6 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 0.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8508d7

RGB

rgb(133, 8, 215)

HSL

hsl(276.2, 92.8%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.2, 96.3%, 84.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.1%, 96.3%, 0%, 15.7%)

LAB

lab(37.96, 74.51, -75.42)

LCH

lch(37.96, 106.02, 314.65)

OKLCH

oklch(50%, 0.2585, 303.48)

HWB

hwb(276.2, 3.1%, 15.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5ad708

Analogous

#1d08d7

#8508d7

#d708c1

Triadic

#8508d7

#d78508

#08d785

Split-complementary

#8508d7

#c1d708

#08d71d

Tetradic

#8508d7

#d7085a

#5ad708

#08d785

Square

#8508d7

#d71d08

#5ad708

#08c1d7

Shades

Color #8508d7 mixed toward black.

#6f07b3

#59058f

#42046b

#2c0348

#160124

Tints

Color #8508d7 mixed toward white.

#9e18f6

#b246f8

#c575fa

#d8a3fc

#ecd1fd

Tones

Color #8508d7 mixed toward gray.

#8119c6

#7e2ab4

#7a3ca3

#774d92

#735e81

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.01:1

White text reads better on this background (6.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6666be · ΔE 18

Deuteranopia

#6b71b7 · ΔE 21.7

Tritanopia

#82a7a1 · ΔE 42.2

Achromatopsia

#595959 · ΔE 31.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8508d7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8508d7]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8508d7 (#8508d7) is rgb(133, 8, 215) in RGB.

No, #8508d7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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