#8a44bb

Color #8a44bb

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 13.26 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8a44bb

RGB

rgb(138, 68, 187)

HSL

hsl(275.3, 46.7%, 50%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.3, 63.6%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.2%, 63.6%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(42.95, 50.62, -51)

LCH

lch(42.95, 71.86, 314.79)

OKLCH

oklch(53%, 0.1839, 308.47)

HWB

hwb(275.3, 26.7%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#75bb44

Analogous

#4e44bb

#8a44bb

#bb44b1

Triadic

#8a44bb

#bb8a44

#44bb8a

Split-complementary

#8a44bb

#b1bb44

#44bb4e

Tetradic

#8a44bb

#bb4475

#75bb44

#44bb8a

Square

#8a44bb

#bb4e44

#75bb44

#44b1bb

Shades

Color #8a44bb mixed toward black.

#73399c

#5c2d7d

#45225e

#2e173e

#170b1f

Tints

Color #8a44bb mixed toward white.

#9e63c6

#b182d2

#c5a1dd

#d8c1e8

#ece0f4

Tones

Color #8a44bb mixed toward gray.

#884eb1

#8758a7

#85629d

#836c93

#817689

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.63:1

White text reads better on this background (5.79:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7272a8 · ΔE 16.2

Deuteranopia

#767aa3 · ΔE 19.2

Tritanopia

#889692 · ΔE 32.7

Achromatopsia

#656565 · ΔE 27.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a44bb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a44bb]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8a44bb (#8a44bb) is rgb(138, 68, 187) in RGB.

No, #8a44bb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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