#872cb7

Color #872cb7

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 8.49 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#872cb7

RGB

rgb(135, 44, 183)

HSL

hsl(279.3, 61.2%, 44.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.3, 76%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.2%, 76%, 0%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(38.5, 59.66, -55.85)

LCH

lch(38.5, 81.72, 316.89)

OKLCH

oklch(49.7%, 0.2088, 310.71)

HWB

hwb(279.3, 17.3%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5cb72c

Analogous

#422cb7

#872cb7

#b72ca1

Triadic

#872cb7

#b7872c

#2cb787

Split-complementary

#872cb7

#a1b72c

#2cb742

Tetradic

#872cb7

#b72c5c

#5cb72c

#2cb787

Square

#872cb7

#b7422c

#5cb72c

#2ca1b7

Shades

Color #872cb7 mixed toward black.

#712598

#5a1d7a

#44165b

#2d0f3d

#17071e

Tints

Color #872cb7 mixed toward white.

#9f41d1

#b367da

#c68de4

#d9b3ed

#ecd9f6

Tones

Color #872cb7 mixed toward gray.

#8338ab

#8043a0

#7c4f94

#795a89

#75667d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.07:1

White text reads better on this background (6.83:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6ba3 · ΔE 18.7

Deuteranopia

#70759d · ΔE 22.2

Tritanopia

#84908c · ΔE 35

Achromatopsia

#5b5b5b · ΔE 28.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #872cb7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#872cb7]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#872cb7 (#872cb7) is rgb(135, 44, 183) in RGB.

No, #872cb7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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