#8700e7

Color #8700e7

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 11.95 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 1.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8700e7

RGB

rgb(135, 0, 231)

HSL

hsl(275.1, 100%, 45.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.1, 100%, 90.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.6%, 100%, 0%, 9.4%)

LAB

lab(39.45, 78.84, -82.13)

LCH

lch(39.45, 113.85, 313.83)

OKLCH

oklch(51.6%, 0.2739, 300.86)

HWB

hwb(275.1, 0%, 9.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#60e700

Analogous

#1400e7

#8700e7

#e700d3

Triadic

#8700e7

#e78700

#00e787

Split-complementary

#8700e7

#d3e700

#00e714

Tetradic

#8700e7

#e70060

#60e700

#00e787

Square

#8700e7

#e71400

#60e700

#00d3e7

Shades

Color #8700e7 mixed toward black.

#7100c1

#5a009a

#440074

#2d004d

#170027

Tints

Color #8700e7 mixed toward white.

#9f17ff

#b245ff

#c574ff

#d8a2ff

#ecd1ff

Tones

Color #8700e7 mixed toward gray.

#8413d4

#8127c1

#7d3aad

#7a4d9a

#776087

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.18:1

White text reads better on this background (6.6:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6867cc · ΔE 17.3

Deuteranopia

#6c72c5 · ΔE 21

Tritanopia

#84b3ad · ΔE 44

Achromatopsia

#5d5d5d · ΔE 32

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8700e7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8700e7]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8700e7 (#8700e7) is rgb(135, 0, 231) in RGB.

No, #8700e7 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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