#851feb

Color #851feb

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 8.41 Nearest Tailwind class violet-600 #7f22fe · ΔE 2.5

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Conversions

HEX

#851feb

RGB

rgb(133, 31, 235)

HSL

hsl(270, 83.6%, 52.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270, 86.8%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.4%, 86.8%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(41.16, 74.64, -81.59)

LCH

lch(41.16, 110.58, 312.45)

OKLCH

oklch(52.8%, 0.266, 298.47)

HWB

hwb(270, 12.2%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#85eb1f

Analogous

#1f1feb

#851feb

#eb1feb

Triadic

#851feb

#eb851f

#1feb85

Split-complementary

#851feb

#ebeb1f

#1feb1f

Tetradic

#851feb

#eb1f85

#85eb1f

#1feb85

Square

#851feb

#eb1f1f

#85eb1f

#1febeb

Shades

Color #851feb mixed toward black.

#6f12cc

#590fa3

#430b7a

#2c0751

#160429

Tints

Color #851feb mixed toward white.

#9945ee

#ae6af2

#c28ff5

#d6b4f8

#ebdafc

Tones

Color #851feb mixed toward gray.

#8530da

#8541c9

#8552b8

#8563a7

#857496

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.39:1

White text reads better on this background (6.19:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6867d0 · ΔE 15.5

Deuteranopia

#6d72c9 · ΔE 19

Tritanopia

#82b8b2 · ΔE 43.8

Achromatopsia

#616161 · ΔE 31.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #851feb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#851feb]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#851feb (#851feb) is rgb(133, 31, 235) in RGB.

No, #851feb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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