#861bc5

Color #861bc5

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 8.29 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#861bc5

RGB

rgb(134, 27, 197)

HSL

hsl(277.8, 75.9%, 43.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.8, 86.3%, 77.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(32%, 86.3%, 0%, 22.7%)

LAB

lab(37.63, 67.7, -65.5)

LCH

lch(37.63, 94.2, 315.95)

OKLCH

oklch(49.4%, 0.2353, 307.58)

HWB

hwb(277.8, 10.6%, 22.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5ac51b

Analogous

#311bc5

#861bc5

#c51baf

Triadic

#861bc5

#c5861b

#1bc586

Split-complementary

#861bc5

#afc51b

#1bc531

Tetradic

#861bc5

#c51b5a

#5ac51b

#1bc586

Square

#861bc5

#c5311b

#5ac51b

#1bafc5

Shades

Color #861bc5 mixed toward black.

#7016a4

#591283

#430d62

#2d0942

#160421

Tints

Color #861bc5 mixed toward white.

#9f2de2

#b257e8

#c681ee

#d9abf4

#ecd5f9

Tones

Color #861bc5 mixed toward gray.

#8229b7

#7f37a9

#7b459a

#77548c

#74627e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.98:1

White text reads better on this background (7.05:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6968ae · ΔE 18.6

Deuteranopia

#6d73a8 · ΔE 22.5

Tritanopia

#839a94 · ΔE 39.2

Achromatopsia

#595959 · ΔE 30.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #861bc5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#861bc5]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#861bc5 (#861bc5) is rgb(134, 27, 197) in RGB.

No, #861bc5 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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