#8a3cbb

Color #8a3cbb

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 12.85 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8a3cbb

RGB

rgb(138, 60, 187)

HSL

hsl(276.9, 51.4%, 48.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.9, 67.9%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.2%, 67.9%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(41.57, 54.44, -53.23)

LCH

lch(41.57, 76.14, 315.64)

OKLCH

oklch(52%, 0.1947, 309.39)

HWB

hwb(276.9, 23.5%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6dbb3c

Analogous

#4b3cbb

#8a3cbb

#bb3cac

Triadic

#8a3cbb

#bb8a3c

#3cbb8a

Split-complementary

#8a3cbb

#acbb3c

#3cbb4b

Tetradic

#8a3cbb

#bb3c6d

#6dbb3c

#3cbb8a

Square

#8a3cbb

#bb4b3c

#6dbb3c

#3cacbb

Shades

Color #8a3cbb mixed toward black.

#73329c

#5c287d

#451e5d

#2e143e

#170a1f

Tints

Color #8a3cbb mixed toward white.

#9e59ca

#b27ad4

#c59bdf

#d8bdea

#ecdef4

Tones

Color #8a3cbb mixed toward gray.

#8847b0

#8551a6

#835c9b

#806691

#7e7186

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.44:1

White text reads better on this background (6.1:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7170a7 · ΔE 17.1

Deuteranopia

#7479a2 · ΔE 20.5

Tritanopia

#879591 · ΔE 33.7

Achromatopsia

#626262 · ΔE 28.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a3cbb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a3cbb]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8a3cbb (#8a3cbb) is rgb(138, 60, 187) in RGB.

No, #8a3cbb 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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