#8900cf

Color #8900cf

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 3.08 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 2

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Conversions

HEX

#8900cf

RGB

rgb(137, 0, 207)

HSL

hsl(279.7, 100%, 40.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.7, 100%, 81.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.8%, 100%, 0%, 18.8%)

LAB

lab(37.52, 74.31, -71.48)

LCH

lch(37.52, 103.11, 316.11)

OKLCH

oklch(49.7%, 0.2552, 306.96)

HWB

hwb(279.7, 0%, 18.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#46cf00

Analogous

#2100cf

#8900cf

#cf00ae

Triadic

#8900cf

#cf8900

#00cf89

Split-complementary

#8900cf

#aecf00

#00cf21

Tetradic

#8900cf

#cf0046

#46cf00

#00cf89

Square

#8900cf

#cf2100

#46cf00

#00aecf

Shades

Color #8900cf mixed toward black.

#7200ad

#5b008a

#450068

#2e0045

#170023

Tints

Color #8900cf mixed toward white.

#aa03ff

#bb35ff

#cc68ff

#dd9aff

#eecdff

Tones

Color #8900cf mixed toward gray.

#8311be

#7e23ad

#78349b

#73458a

#6d5679

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.96:1

White text reads better on this background (7.08:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6968b7 · ΔE 19.3

Deuteranopia

#6e74b0 · ΔE 23.4

Tritanopia

#86a09b · ΔE 40.2

Achromatopsia

#585858 · ΔE 31.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8900cf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8900cf]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#8900cf (#8900cf) is rgb(137, 0, 207) in RGB.

No, #8900cf 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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