#85509d

Color #85509d

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 18.11 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 10.9

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Conversions

HEX

#85509d

RGB

rgb(133, 80, 157)

HSL

hsl(281.3, 32.5%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.3, 49%, 61.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.3%, 49%, 0%, 38.4%)

LAB

lab(43, 36.11, -33.22)

LCH

lch(43, 49.07, 317.39)

OKLCH

oklch(52.4%, 0.1294, 314.44)

HWB

hwb(281.3, 31.4%, 38.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#689d50

Analogous

#5f509d

#85509d

#9d508f

Triadic

#85509d

#9d8550

#509d85

Split-complementary

#85509d

#8f9d50

#509d5f

Tetradic

#85509d

#9d5068

#689d50

#509d85

Square

#85509d

#9d5f50

#689d50

#508f9d

Shades

Color #85509d mixed toward black.

#6f4383

#593569

#43284f

#2c1b34

#160d1a

Tints

Color #85509d mixed toward white.

#9b68b2

#af86c2

#c3a5d1

#d7c3e0

#ebe1f0

Tones

Color #85509d mixed toward gray.

#835697

#805d90

#7e638a

#7b6a83

#79707d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.63:1

White text reads better on this background (5.78:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#72718f · ΔE 15.3

Deuteranopia

#75788b · ΔE 18.7

Tritanopia

#838380 · ΔE 29.4

Achromatopsia

#666666 · ΔE 24.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #85509d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#85509d]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#85509d (#85509d) is rgb(133, 80, 157) in RGB.

No, #85509d 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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