#8940da

Color #8940da

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 8.71 Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8940da

RGB

rgb(137, 64, 218)

HSL

hsl(268.4, 67.5%, 55.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(268.4, 70.6%, 85.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.2%, 70.6%, 0%, 14.5%)

LAB

lab(44.3, 59.6, -66.75)

LCH

lch(44.3, 89.49, 311.76)

OKLCH

oklch(54.6%, 0.2218, 300.87)

HWB

hwb(268.4, 25.1%, 14.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#91da40

Analogous

#4044da

#8940da

#d640da

Triadic

#8940da

#da8940

#40da89

Split-complementary

#8940da

#dad640

#44da40

Tetradic

#8940da

#da4091

#91da40

#40da89

Square

#8940da

#da4044

#91da40

#40dad6

Shades

Color #8940da mixed toward black.

#7126c5

#5b1f9d

#441776

#2d0f4f

#170827

Tints

Color #8940da mixed toward white.

#9d60e0

#b080e6

#c4a0ec

#d8bff3

#ebdff9

Tones

Color #8940da mixed toward gray.

#8a4dcd

#8a5ac0

#8b67b3

#8c73a7

#8c809a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.81:1

White text reads better on this background (5.51:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7170c3 · ΔE 14.4

Deuteranopia

#7479bd · ΔE 17.6

Tritanopia

#86ada8 · ΔE 37.8

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 29.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8940da;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8940da]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#8940da (#8940da) is rgb(137, 64, 218) in RGB.

No, #8940da 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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