#8a2fc3

Color #8a2fc3

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 4.72 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8a2fc3

RGB

rgb(138, 47, 195)

HSL

hsl(276.9, 61.2%, 47.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.9, 75.9%, 76.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.2%, 75.9%, 0%, 23.5%)

LAB

lab(40.21, 61.65, -60.11)

LCH

lch(40.21, 86.1, 315.72)

OKLCH

oklch(51.2%, 0.2178, 308.38)

HWB

hwb(276.9, 18.4%, 23.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#68c32f

Analogous

#402fc3

#8a2fc3

#c32fb2

Triadic

#8a2fc3

#c38a2f

#2fc38a

Split-complementary

#8a2fc3

#b2c32f

#2fc340

Tetradic

#8a2fc3

#c32f68

#68c32f

#2fc38a

Square

#8a2fc3

#c3402f

#68c32f

#2fb2c3

Shades

Color #8a2fc3 mixed toward black.

#7327a3

#5c1f82

#451762

#2e1041

#170821

Tints

Color #8a2fc3 mixed toward white.

#9f4bd4

#b26fdc

#c593e5

#d9b7ee

#ecdbf6

Tones

Color #8a2fc3 mixed toward gray.

#873bb7

#8448ab

#82549e

#7f6092

#7c6d85

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.28:1

White text reads better on this background (6.41:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6dad · ΔE 17.9

Deuteranopia

#7278a8 · ΔE 21.8

Tritanopia

#879a95 · ΔE 36.6

Achromatopsia

#5f5f5f · ΔE 29.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a2fc3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a2fc3]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8a2fc3 (#8a2fc3) is rgb(138, 47, 195) in RGB.

No, #8a2fc3 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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