#8a2cbb

Color #8a2cbb

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 6.6 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8a2cbb

RGB

rgb(138, 44, 187)

HSL

hsl(279.4, 61.9%, 45.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.4, 76.5%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.2%, 76.5%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(39.23, 61.06, -57.01)

LCH

lch(39.23, 83.54, 316.96)

OKLCH

oklch(50.4%, 0.2134, 310.78)

HWB

hwb(279.4, 17.3%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5dbb2c

Analogous

#422cbb

#8a2cbb

#bb2ca5

Triadic

#8a2cbb

#bb8a2c

#2cbb8a

Split-complementary

#8a2cbb

#a5bb2c

#2cbb42

Tetradic

#8a2cbb

#bb2c5d

#5dbb2c

#2cbb8a

Square

#8a2cbb

#bb422c

#5dbb2c

#2ca5bb

Shades

Color #8a2cbb mixed toward black.

#73259c

#5c1d7d

#45165e

#2e0f3e

#17071f

Tints

Color #8a2cbb mixed toward white.

#a143d3

#b468dc

#c78ee4

#dab4ed

#ecd9f6

Tones

Color #8a2cbb mixed toward gray.

#8638af

#8244a3

#7f5097

#7b5c8b

#77687f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.16:1

White text reads better on this background (6.65:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6da6 · ΔE 18.9

Deuteranopia

#7277a1 · ΔE 22.5

Tritanopia

#87938f · ΔE 35.4

Achromatopsia

#5c5c5c · ΔE 29

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a2cbb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a2cbb]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#8a2cbb (#8a2cbb) is rgb(138, 44, 187) in RGB.

No, #8a2cbb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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