#8965cc

Color #8965cc

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 4.59 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8965cc

RGB

rgb(137, 101, 204)

HSL

hsl(261, 50.2%, 59.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(261, 50.5%, 80%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.8%, 50.5%, 0%, 20%)

LAB

lab(50.67, 36.65, -48.49)

LCH

lch(50.67, 60.78, 307.08)

OKLCH

oklch(59%, 0.1544, 297.59)

HWB

hwb(261, 39.6%, 20%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a8cc65

Analogous

#6574cc

#8965cc

#bd65cc

Triadic

#8965cc

#cc8965

#65cc89

Split-complementary

#8965cc

#ccbd65

#74cc65

Tetradic

#8965cc

#cc65a8

#a8cc65

#65cc89

Square

#8965cc

#cc6574

#a8cc65

#65ccbd

Shades

Color #8965cc mixed toward black.

#6c3fbf

#563399

#412673

#2b194c

#160d26

Tints

Color #8965cc mixed toward white.

#9d7fd4

#b098dd

#c4b2e5

#d8ccee

#ebe5f6

Tones

Color #8965cc mixed toward gray.

#8c6ec3

#8e76bb

#917fb2

#9387aa

#9690a1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.8:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7bba · ΔE 9.3

Deuteranopia

#7d80b5 · ΔE 11.3

Tritanopia

#87a9a6 · ΔE 30.5

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 25.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8965cc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8965cc]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#8965cc (#8965cc) is rgb(137, 101, 204) in RGB.

No, #8965cc 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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