#8741a9

Color #8741a9

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 9.78 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8741a9

RGB

rgb(135, 65, 169)

HSL

hsl(280.4, 44.4%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280.4, 61.5%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.1%, 61.5%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(40.89, 47.35, -43.71)

LCH

lch(40.89, 64.44, 317.29)

OKLCH

oklch(51.1%, 0.168, 313.05)

HWB

hwb(280.4, 25.5%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#63a941

Analogous

#5341a9

#8741a9

#a94197

Triadic

#8741a9

#a98741

#41a987

Split-complementary

#8741a9

#97a941

#41a953

Tetradic

#8741a9

#a94163

#63a941

#41a987

Square

#8741a9

#a95341

#63a941

#4197a9

Shades

Color #8741a9 mixed toward black.

#71368d

#5a2b71

#442155

#2d1638

#170b1c

Tints

Color #8741a9 mixed toward white.

#9e59bf

#b17acc

#c59bd9

#d8bde5

#ecdef2

Tones

Color #8741a9 mixed toward gray.

#844aa0

#815298

#7e5b8f

#7b6486

#786c7e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.36:1

White text reads better on this background (6.25:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6f6f98 · ΔE 17.2

Deuteranopia

#737793 · ΔE 20.3

Tritanopia

#858885 · ΔE 31.8

Achromatopsia

#606060 · ΔE 26.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8741a9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8741a9]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#8741a9 (#8741a9) is rgb(135, 65, 169) in RGB.

No, #8741a9 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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