#8514c9

Color #8514c9

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 7.09 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 2.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8514c9

RGB

rgb(133, 20, 201)

HSL

hsl(277.5, 81.9%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.5, 90%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.8%, 90%, 0%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(37.31, 69.91, -68.37)

LCH

lch(37.31, 97.78, 315.64)

OKLCH

oklch(49.2%, 0.2425, 306.48)

HWB

hwb(277.5, 7.8%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#58c914

Analogous

#2b14c9

#8514c9

#c914b2

Triadic

#8514c9

#c98514

#14c985

Split-complementary

#8514c9

#b2c914

#14c92b

Tetradic

#8514c9

#c91458

#58c914

#14c985

Square

#8514c9

#c92b14

#58c914

#14b2c9

Shades

Color #8514c9 mixed toward black.

#6f11a7

#590d86

#430a64

#2c0743

#160321

Tints

Color #8514c9 mixed toward white.

#9f24e9

#b250ee

#c67bf2

#d9a7f6

#ecd3fb

Tones

Color #8514c9 mixed toward gray.

#8123ba

#7d32ab

#7a419c

#76508d

#725f7d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.94:1

White text reads better on this background (7.14:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6766b2 · ΔE 18.3

Deuteranopia

#6c71ac · ΔE 22.1

Tritanopia

#829c97 · ΔE 39.2

Achromatopsia

#585858 · ΔE 30.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8514c9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8514c9]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8514c9 (#8514c9) is rgb(133, 20, 201) in RGB.

No, #8514c9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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