#850ad3

Color #850ad3

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 4.7 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 1.2

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Conversions

HEX

#850ad3

RGB

rgb(133, 10, 211)

HSL

hsl(276.7, 91%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.7, 95.3%, 82.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(37%, 95.3%, 0%, 17.3%)

LAB

lab(37.67, 73.47, -73.58)

LCH

lch(37.67, 103.98, 314.96)

OKLCH

oklch(49.7%, 0.2546, 304.36)

HWB

hwb(276.7, 3.9%, 17.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#58d30a

Analogous

#200ad3

#850ad3

#d30abc

Triadic

#850ad3

#d3850a

#0ad385

Split-complementary

#850ad3

#bcd30a

#0ad320

Tetradic

#850ad3

#d30a58

#58d30a

#0ad385

Square

#850ad3

#d3200a

#58d30a

#0abcd3

Shades

Color #850ad3 mixed toward black.

#6f08b0

#59078d

#420569

#2c0346

#160223

Tints

Color #850ad3 mixed toward white.

#9f19f4

#b247f6

#c575f8

#d9a3fb

#ecd1fd

Tones

Color #850ad3 mixed toward gray.

#811bc2

#7d2bb1

#7a3ca1

#764d90

#725e7f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.98:1

White text reads better on this background (7.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6766bb · ΔE 18.1

Deuteranopia

#6b71b4 · ΔE 21.9

Tritanopia

#82a49e · ΔE 41.7

Achromatopsia

#595959 · ΔE 31.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #850ad3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#850ad3]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#850ad3 (#850ad3) is rgb(133, 10, 211) in RGB.

No, #850ad3 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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