#872fbf

Color #872fbf

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 6.37 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#872fbf

RGB

rgb(135, 47, 191)

HSL

hsl(276.7, 60.5%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.7, 75.4%, 74.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.3%, 75.4%, 0%, 25.1%)

LAB

lab(39.49, 60.24, -58.96)

LCH

lch(39.49, 84.29, 315.62)

OKLCH

oklch(50.5%, 0.2132, 308.26)

HWB

hwb(276.7, 18.4%, 25.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#67bf2f

Analogous

#3f2fbf

#872fbf

#bf2faf

Triadic

#872fbf

#bf872f

#2fbf87

Split-complementary

#872fbf

#afbf2f

#2fbf3f

Tetradic

#872fbf

#bf2f67

#67bf2f

#2fbf87

Square

#872fbf

#bf3f2f

#67bf2f

#2fafbf

Shades

Color #872fbf mixed toward black.

#71279f

#5a1f7f

#441860

#2d1040

#170820

Tints

Color #872fbf mixed toward white.

#9d49d2

#b16edb

#c492e4

#d8b6ed

#ebdbf6

Tones

Color #872fbf mixed toward gray.

#843bb3

#8247a7

#7f539b

#7c5f8f

#7a6b83

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.19:1

White text reads better on this background (6.58:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6c6baa · ΔE 17.6

Deuteranopia

#7075a4 · ΔE 21.2

Tritanopia

#849792 · ΔE 36.3

Achromatopsia

#5d5d5d · ΔE 29.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #872fbf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#872fbf]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#872fbf (#872fbf) is rgb(135, 47, 191) in RGB.

No, #872fbf 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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