#8a09db

Color #8a09db

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 5.51 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 1.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8a09db

RGB

rgb(138, 9, 219)

HSL

hsl(276.9, 92.1%, 44.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.9, 95.9%, 85.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(37%, 95.9%, 0%, 14.1%)

LAB

lab(39.09, 75.73, -75.83)

LCH

lch(39.09, 107.17, 314.96)

OKLCH

oklch(51.1%, 0.2623, 304.33)

HWB

hwb(276.9, 3.5%, 14.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5adb09

Analogous

#2109db

#8a09db

#db09c3

Triadic

#8a09db

#db8a09

#09db8a

Split-complementary

#8a09db

#c3db09

#09db21

Tetradic

#8a09db

#db095a

#5adb09

#09db8a

Square

#8a09db

#db2109

#5adb09

#09c3db

Shades

Color #8a09db mixed toward black.

#7308b6

#5c0692

#45056d

#2e0349

#170224

Tints

Color #8a09db mixed toward white.

#a21df6

#b54af8

#c778f9

#daa5fb

#ecd2fd

Tones

Color #8a09db mixed toward gray.

#861bc9

#822cb8

#7e3da6

#7a4f95

#766083

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.14:1

White text reads better on this background (6.68:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6ac2 · ΔE 18.6

Deuteranopia

#6f75bb · ΔE 22.4

Tritanopia

#87aaa4 · ΔE 42

Achromatopsia

#5c5c5c · ΔE 31.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a09db;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a09db]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8a09db (#8a09db) is rgb(138, 9, 219) in RGB.

No, #8a09db 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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