#8a04ff

Color #8a04ff

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Blue #0000ff · ΔE 20.17 Nearest Tailwind class violet-600 #7f22fe · ΔE 1.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8a04ff

RGB

rgb(138, 4, 255)

HSL

hsl(272, 100%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(272, 98.4%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.9%, 98.4%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(42.32, 83.55, -90.91)

LCH

lch(42.32, 123.47, 312.58)

OKLCH

oklch(54.3%, 0.2929, 297.12)

HWB

hwb(272, 1.6%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#79ff04

Analogous

#0c04ff

#8a04ff

#ff04f7

Triadic

#8a04ff

#ff8a04

#04ff8a

Split-complementary

#8a04ff

#f7ff04

#04ff0c

Tetradic

#8a04ff

#ff0479

#79ff04

#04ff8a

Square

#8a04ff

#ff0c04

#79ff04

#04f7ff

Shades

Color #8a04ff mixed toward black.

#7300d8

#5c00ad

#450082

#2e0056

#17002b

Tints

Color #8a04ff mixed toward white.

#9d2eff

#b158ff

#c482ff

#d8abff

#ebd5ff

Tones

Color #8a04ff mixed toward gray.

#8919ea

#872ed5

#8643c0

#8458ab

#836d96

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.54:1

White text reads better on this background (5.93:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a69e2 · ΔE 16

Deuteranopia

#6f75da · ΔE 19.9

Tritanopia

#87c6c0 · ΔE 46

Achromatopsia

#646464 · ΔE 32.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8a04ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a04ff]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#8a04ff (#8a04ff) is rgb(138, 4, 255) in RGB.

No, #8a04ff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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