#8a2fc2

Color #8a2fc2

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 4.96 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8a2fc2

RGB

rgb(138, 47, 194)

HSL

hsl(277.1, 61%, 47.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.1, 75.8%, 76.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.9%, 75.8%, 0%, 23.9%)

LAB

lab(40.13, 61.43, -59.65)

LCH

lch(40.13, 85.63, 315.84)

OKLCH

oklch(51.2%, 0.2168, 308.65)

HWB

hwb(277.1, 18.4%, 23.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#67c22f

Analogous

#402fc2

#8a2fc2

#c22fb1

Triadic

#8a2fc2

#c28a2f

#2fc28a

Split-complementary

#8a2fc2

#b1c22f

#2fc240

Tetradic

#8a2fc2

#c22f67

#67c22f

#2fc28a

Square

#8a2fc2

#c2402f

#67c22f

#2fb1c2

Shades

Color #8a2fc2 mixed toward black.

#7327a2

#5c1f81

#451861

#2e1041

#170820

Tints

Color #8a2fc2 mixed toward white.

#9f4bd3

#b26fdc

#c693e5

#d9b7ee

#ecdbf6

Tones

Color #8a2fc2 mixed toward gray.

#873bb6

#8448aa

#81549d

#7e6091

#7c6c85

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.27:1

White text reads better on this background (6.43:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6dad · ΔE 17.9

Deuteranopia

#7278a7 · ΔE 21.9

Tritanopia

#879994 · ΔE 36.5

Achromatopsia

#5f5f5f · ΔE 29.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a2fc2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a2fc2]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8a2fc2 (#8a2fc2) is rgb(138, 47, 194) in RGB.

No, #8a2fc2 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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