#8528c5

Color #8528c5

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 5.95 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8528c5

RGB

rgb(133, 40, 197)

HSL

hsl(275.5, 66.2%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.5, 79.7%, 77.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.5%, 79.7%, 0%, 22.7%)

LAB

lab(38.79, 63.74, -63.62)

LCH

lch(38.79, 90.06, 315.05)

OKLCH

oklch(50.1%, 0.2251, 306.44)

HWB

hwb(275.5, 15.7%, 22.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#68c528

Analogous

#3628c5

#8528c5

#c528b7

Triadic

#8528c5

#c58528

#28c585

Split-complementary

#8528c5

#b7c528

#28c536

Tetradic

#8528c5

#c52868

#68c528

#28c585

Square

#8528c5

#c53628

#68c528

#28b7c5

Shades

Color #8528c5 mixed toward black.

#6f21a4

#591b83

#421463

#2c0d42

#160721

Tints

Color #8528c5 mixed toward white.

#9b42d9

#af68e0

#c38ee8

#d7b3f0

#ebd9f7

Tones

Color #8528c5 mixed toward gray.

#8335b8

#8042ab

#7e4f9e

#7b5c91

#796984

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.11:1

White text reads better on this background (6.76:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6969af · ΔE 17.6

Deuteranopia

#6e73a9 · ΔE 21.1

Tritanopia

#829b96 · ΔE 37.7

Achromatopsia

#5b5b5b · ΔE 29.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8528c5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8528c5]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8528c5 (#8528c5) is rgb(133, 40, 197) in RGB.

No, #8528c5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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