#8a34b6

Color #8a34b6

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 11.53 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8a34b6

RGB

rgb(138, 52, 182)

HSL

hsl(279.7, 55.6%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.7, 71.4%, 71.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.2%, 71.4%, 0%, 28.6%)

LAB

lab(39.98, 56.86, -52.85)

LCH

lch(39.98, 77.63, 317.09)

OKLCH

oklch(50.8%, 0.1998, 311.59)

HWB

hwb(279.7, 20.4%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#60b634

Analogous

#4934b6

#8a34b6

#b634a1

Triadic

#8a34b6

#b68a34

#34b68a

Split-complementary

#8a34b6

#a1b634

#34b649

Tetradic

#8a34b6

#b63460

#60b634

#34b68a

Square

#8a34b6

#b64934

#60b634

#34a1b6

Shades

Color #8a34b6 mixed toward black.

#732b98

#5c2379

#451a5b

#2e113d

#17091e

Tints

Color #8a34b6 mixed toward white.

#a14ccc

#b470d6

#c694e0

#d9b7eb

#ecdbf5

Tones

Color #8a34b6 mixed toward gray.

#873fab

#834aa0

#805596

#7c5f8b

#796a80

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.25:1

White text reads better on this background (6.47:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6f6ea2 · ΔE 18.3

Deuteranopia

#73789d · ΔE 22

Tritanopia

#87908c · ΔE 34.5

Achromatopsia

#5e5e5e · ΔE 28.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a34b6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a34b6]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#8a34b6 (#8a34b6) is rgb(138, 52, 182) in RGB.

No, #8a34b6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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