#885cb4

Color #885cb4

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 12.7 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 11.3

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Conversions

HEX

#885cb4

RGB

rgb(136, 92, 180)

HSL

hsl(270, 37%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270, 48.9%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.4%, 48.9%, 0%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(47.21, 35.52, -40.12)

LCH

lch(47.21, 53.58, 311.52)

OKLCH

oklch(56%, 0.138, 305.47)

HWB

hwb(270, 36.1%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#88b45c

Analogous

#5c5cb4

#885cb4

#b45cb4

Triadic

#885cb4

#b4885c

#5cb488

Split-complementary

#885cb4

#b4b45c

#5cb45c

Tetradic

#885cb4

#b45c88

#88b45c

#5cb488

Square

#885cb4

#b45c5c

#88b45c

#5cb4b4

Shades

Color #885cb4 mixed toward black.

#71479b

#5b397c

#442b5d

#2d1d3e

#170e1f

Tints

Color #885cb4 mixed toward white.

#9c77c0

#b092cd

#c3add9

#d7c9e6

#ebe4f2

Tones

Color #885cb4 mixed toward gray.

#8863ad

#886ba5

#88729e

#887997

#88818f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.24:1

White text reads better on this background (4.96:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7777a4 · ΔE 12.1

Deuteranopia

#7a7da0 · ΔE 14.5

Tritanopia

#869693 · ΔE 27.8

Achromatopsia

#707070 · ΔE 24.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #885cb4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#885cb4]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#885cb4 (#885cb4) is rgb(136, 92, 180) in RGB.

No, #885cb4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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