#8509d4

Color #8509d4

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 4.85 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 1.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8509d4

RGB

rgb(133, 9, 212)

HSL

hsl(276.7, 91.9%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.7, 95.8%, 83.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.3%, 95.8%, 0%, 16.9%)

LAB

lab(37.73, 73.79, -74.07)

LCH

lch(37.73, 104.55, 314.89)

OKLCH

oklch(49.8%, 0.2557, 304.14)

HWB

hwb(276.7, 3.5%, 16.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#58d409

Analogous

#2009d4

#8509d4

#d409bd

Triadic

#8509d4

#d48509

#09d485

Split-complementary

#8509d4

#bdd409

#09d420

Tetradic

#8509d4

#d40958

#58d409

#09d485

Square

#8509d4

#d42009

#58d409

#09bdd4

Shades

Color #8509d4 mixed toward black.

#6f07b1

#59068d

#43046a

#2c0347

#160123

Tints

Color #8509d4 mixed toward white.

#9f18f5

#b246f7

#c674f9

#d9a3fb

#ecd1fd

Tones

Color #8509d4 mixed toward gray.

#811ac3

#7e2bb2

#7a3ca1

#764d90

#725e7f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.99:1

White text reads better on this background (7.03:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6666bb · ΔE 18.2

Deuteranopia

#6b71b5 · ΔE 21.9

Tritanopia

#82a59f · ΔE 41.9

Achromatopsia

#595959 · ΔE 31.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8509d4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8509d4]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8509d4 (#8509d4) is rgb(133, 9, 212) in RGB.

No, #8509d4 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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