#8800bc

Color #8800bc

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 9.88 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8800bc

RGB

rgb(136, 0, 188)

HSL

hsl(283.4, 100%, 36.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(283.4, 100%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.7%, 100%, 0%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(35.72, 70.57, -63.32)

LCH

lch(35.72, 94.81, 318.1)

OKLCH

oklch(47.9%, 0.2402, 311.51)

HWB

hwb(283.4, 0%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#34bc00

Analogous

#2a00bc

#8800bc

#bc0092

Triadic

#8800bc

#bc8800

#00bc88

Split-complementary

#8800bc

#92bc00

#00bc2a

Tetradic

#8800bc

#bc0034

#34bc00

#00bc88

Square

#8800bc

#bc2a00

#34bc00

#0092bc

Shades

Color #8800bc mixed toward black.

#71009d

#5b007d

#44005e

#2d003f

#17001f

Tints

Color #8800bc mixed toward white.

#af00f2

#c428ff

#d25eff

#e194ff

#f0c9ff

Tones

Color #8800bc mixed toward gray.

#8110ad

#7a1f9d

#732f8d

#6c3f7d

#654e6e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.77:1

White text reads better on this background (7.57:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6868a6 · ΔE 20.9

Deuteranopia

#6d73a0 · ΔE 24.7

Tritanopia

#85918c · ΔE 38.5

Achromatopsia

#545454 · ΔE 30.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8800bc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8800bc]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#8800bc (#8800bc) is rgb(136, 0, 188) in RGB.

No, #8800bc 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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