#8937c0

Color #8937c0

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 8.5 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8937c0

RGB

rgb(137, 55, 192)

HSL

hsl(275.9, 55.5%, 48.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.9, 71.4%, 75.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.6%, 71.4%, 0%, 24.7%)

LAB

lab(40.99, 57.57, -57.1)

LCH

lch(40.99, 81.08, 315.23)

OKLCH

oklch(51.7%, 0.2057, 308.09)

HWB

hwb(275.9, 21.6%, 24.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6ec037

Analogous

#4437c0

#8937c0

#c037b2

Triadic

#8937c0

#c08937

#37c089

Split-complementary

#8937c0

#b2c037

#37c044

Tetradic

#8937c0

#c0376e

#6ec037

#37c089

Square

#8937c0

#c04437

#6ec037

#37b2c0

Shades

Color #8937c0 mixed toward black.

#722ea0

#5b2580

#441b60

#2e1240

#170920

Tints

Color #8937c0 mixed toward white.

#9d54ce

#b177d8

#c499e2

#d8bbeb

#ebddf5

Tones

Color #8937c0 mixed toward gray.

#8742b5

#844ea9

#82599e

#806592

#7e7087

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.37:1

White text reads better on this background (6.23:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6f6eab · ΔE 17.1

Deuteranopia

#7378a6 · ΔE 20.7

Tritanopia

#869894 · ΔE 34.6

Achromatopsia

#616161 · ΔE 28.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8937c0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8937c0]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8937c0 (#8937c0) is rgb(137, 55, 192) in RGB.

No, #8937c0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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