#8956bc

Color #8956bc

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 10.4 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8956bc

RGB

rgb(137, 86, 188)

HSL

hsl(270, 43.2%, 53.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270, 54.3%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.1%, 54.3%, 0%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(46.45, 41.12, -45.99)

LCH

lch(46.45, 61.69, 311.8)

OKLCH

oklch(55.6%, 0.1579, 304.89)

HWB

hwb(270, 33.7%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#89bc56

Analogous

#5656bc

#8956bc

#bc56bc

Triadic

#8956bc

#bc8956

#56bc89

Split-complementary

#8956bc

#bcbc56

#56bc56

Tetradic

#8956bc

#bc5689

#89bc56

#56bc89

Square

#8956bc

#bc5656

#89bc56

#56bcbc

Shades

Color #8956bc mixed toward black.

#7241a3

#5b3483

#442762

#2e1a41

#170d21

Tints

Color #8956bc mixed toward white.

#9d72c7

#b08ed2

#c4aadd

#d8c7e9

#ebe3f4

Tones

Color #8956bc mixed toward gray.

#895eb3

#8967ab

#896fa2

#89789a

#898091

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.12:1

White text reads better on this background (5.1:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7676aa · ΔE 13

Deuteranopia

#797ca6 · ΔE 15.3

Tritanopia

#879a97 · ΔE 29.4

Achromatopsia

#6e6e6e · ΔE 26.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8956bc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8956bc]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#8956bc (#8956bc) is rgb(137, 86, 188) in RGB.

No, #8956bc 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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