#8736c2

Color #8736c2

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 7.71 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8736c2

RGB

rgb(135, 54, 194)

HSL

hsl(274.7, 56.5%, 48.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.7, 72.2%, 76.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.4%, 72.2%, 0%, 23.9%)

LAB

lab(40.71, 58.05, -58.73)

LCH

lch(40.71, 82.58, 314.67)

OKLCH

oklch(51.5%, 0.2084, 306.83)

HWB

hwb(274.7, 21.2%, 23.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#71c236

Analogous

#4136c2

#8736c2

#c236b7

Triadic

#8736c2

#c28736

#36c287

Split-complementary

#8736c2

#b7c236

#36c241

Tetradic

#8736c2

#c23671

#71c236

#36c287

Square

#8736c2

#c24136

#71c236

#36b7c2

Shades

Color #8736c2 mixed toward black.

#702da2

#5a2481

#431b61

#2d1241

#160920

Tints

Color #8736c2 mixed toward white.

#9b54cf

#af76d9

#c398e2

#d7bbec

#ebddf5

Tones

Color #8736c2 mixed toward gray.

#8542b6

#834dab

#81599f

#806593

#7e7088

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.34:1

White text reads better on this background (6.29:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6dad · ΔE 16.9

Deuteranopia

#7176a7 · ΔE 20.2

Tritanopia

#849a95 · ΔE 35.9

Achromatopsia

#606060 · ΔE 28.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8736c2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8736c2]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8736c2 (#8736c2) is rgb(135, 54, 194) in RGB.

No, #8736c2 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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