#8511b7

Color #8511b7

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 7.98 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8511b7

RGB

rgb(133, 17, 183)

HSL

hsl(281.9, 83%, 39.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.9, 90.7%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.3%, 90.7%, 0%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(35.61, 66.89, -60.56)

LCH

lch(35.61, 90.23, 317.84)

OKLCH

oklch(47.6%, 0.2291, 311.36)

HWB

hwb(281.9, 6.7%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#43b711

Analogous

#3211b7

#8511b7

#b71196

Triadic

#8511b7

#b78511

#11b785

Split-complementary

#8511b7

#96b711

#11b732

Tetradic

#8511b7

#b71143

#43b711

#11b785

Square

#8511b7

#b73211

#43b711

#1196b7

Shades

Color #8511b7 mixed toward black.

#6f0e98

#590b7a

#42085b

#2c063d

#16031e

Tints

Color #8511b7 mixed toward white.

#a715e6

#ba42ed

#cb71f2

#dca0f6

#eed0fb

Tones

Color #8511b7 mixed toward gray.

#7f1fa9

#7a2d9b

#743a8d

#6f4880

#695672

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.76:1

White text reads better on this background (7.61:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6766a2 · ΔE 19.9

Deuteranopia

#6c719c · ΔE 23.8

Tritanopia

#828e89 · ΔE 37.4

Achromatopsia

#545454 · ΔE 29.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8511b7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8511b7]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#8511b7 (#8511b7) is rgb(133, 17, 183) in RGB.

No, #8511b7 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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