#8816bd

Color #8816bd

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 7.15 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8816bd

RGB

rgb(136, 22, 189)

HSL

hsl(281, 79.1%, 41.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281, 88.4%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(28%, 88.4%, 0%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(36.9, 67.51, -61.99)

LCH

lch(36.9, 91.65, 317.44)

OKLCH

oklch(48.7%, 0.2322, 310.67)

HWB

hwb(281, 8.6%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4bbd16

Analogous

#3516bd

#8816bd

#bd169e

Triadic

#8816bd

#bd8816

#16bd88

Split-complementary

#8816bd

#9ebd16

#16bd35

Tetradic

#8816bd

#bd164b

#4bbd16

#16bd88

Square

#8816bd

#bd3516

#4bbd16

#169ebd

Shades

Color #8816bd mixed toward black.

#71129e

#5b0f7e

#440b5f

#2d073f

#170420

Tints

Color #8816bd mixed toward white.

#a720e5

#b84dea

#ca79ef

#dca6f5

#edd2fa

Tones

Color #8816bd mixed toward gray.

#8324af

#7e32a1

#794093

#744e85

#6f5c77

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.9:1

White text reads better on this background (7.25:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a69a7 · ΔE 19.9

Deuteranopia

#6e74a1 · ΔE 23.8

Tritanopia

#85938e · ΔE 37.8

Achromatopsia

#575757 · ΔE 29.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8816bd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8816bd]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#8816bd (#8816bd) is rgb(136, 22, 189) in RGB.

No, #8816bd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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