#8a1ad8

Color #8a1ad8

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 3.92 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 2.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8a1ad8

RGB

rgb(138, 26, 216)

HSL

hsl(275.4, 78.5%, 47.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.4, 88%, 84.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.1%, 88%, 0%, 15.3%)

LAB

lab(39.75, 72.37, -73.03)

LCH

lch(39.75, 102.81, 314.74)

OKLCH

oklch(51.4%, 0.253, 304.5)

HWB

hwb(275.4, 10.2%, 15.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#68d81a

Analogous

#2b1ad8

#8a1ad8

#d81ac7

Triadic

#8a1ad8

#d88a1a

#1ad88a

Split-complementary

#8a1ad8

#c7d81a

#1ad82b

Tetradic

#8a1ad8

#d81a68

#68d81a

#1ad88a

Square

#8a1ad8

#d82b1a

#68d81a

#1ac7d8

Shades

Color #8a1ad8 mixed toward black.

#7316b4

#5c1190

#450d6c

#2e0948

#170424

Tints

Color #8a1ad8 mixed toward white.

#9f38e7

#b260ec

#c688f1

#d9aff5

#ecd7fa

Tones

Color #8a1ad8 mixed toward gray.

#872ac8

#853ab9

#824aa9

#7f5999

#7c6989

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.22:1

White text reads better on this background (6.52:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6c6bbf · ΔE 18.1

Deuteranopia

#7076b9 · ΔE 21.9

Tritanopia

#87a8a3 · ΔE 40.3

Achromatopsia

#5e5e5e · ΔE 31

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a1ad8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a1ad8]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8a1ad8 (#8a1ad8) is rgb(138, 26, 216) in RGB.

No, #8a1ad8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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