#8817ba

Color #8817ba

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 6.84 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8817ba

RGB

rgb(136, 23, 186)

HSL

hsl(281.6, 78%, 41%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.6, 87.6%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.9%, 87.6%, 0%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(36.73, 66.71, -60.49)

LCH

lch(36.73, 90.05, 317.8)

OKLCH

oklch(48.5%, 0.2291, 311.46)

HWB

hwb(281.6, 9%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#49ba17

Analogous

#3717ba

#8817ba

#ba179b

Triadic

#8817ba

#ba8817

#17ba88

Split-complementary

#8817ba

#9bba17

#17ba37

Tetradic

#8817ba

#ba1749

#49ba17

#17ba88

Square

#8817ba

#ba3717

#49ba17

#179bba

Shades

Color #8817ba mixed toward black.

#71139b

#5b0f7c

#440c5d

#2d083e

#17041f

Tints

Color #8817ba mixed toward white.

#a720e3

#b94ce9

#ca79ee

#dca6f4

#edd2f9

Tones

Color #8817ba mixed toward gray.

#8325ad

#7e329f

#784091

#734d84

#6e5b76

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.88:1

White text reads better on this background (7.3:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a69a5 · ΔE 20

Deuteranopia

#6e749f · ΔE 24

Tritanopia

#85918c · ΔE 37.6

Achromatopsia

#565656 · ΔE 29.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8817ba;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8817ba]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#8817ba (#8817ba) is rgb(136, 23, 186) in RGB.

No, #8817ba 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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