#8a44bc

Color #8a44bc

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 13.59 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8a44bc

RGB

rgb(138, 68, 188)

HSL

hsl(275, 47.2%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275, 63.8%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.6%, 63.8%, 0%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(43.02, 50.85, -51.48)

LCH

lch(43.02, 72.36, 314.65)

OKLCH

oklch(53.1%, 0.1851, 308.18)

HWB

hwb(275, 26.7%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#76bc44

Analogous

#4e44bc

#8a44bc

#bc44b2

Triadic

#8a44bc

#bc8a44

#44bc8a

Split-complementary

#8a44bc

#b2bc44

#44bc4e

Tetradic

#8a44bc

#bc4476

#76bc44

#44bc8a

Square

#8a44bc

#bc4e44

#76bc44

#44b2bc

Shades

Color #8a44bc mixed toward black.

#73389d

#5c2d7e

#45225e

#2e173f

#170b1f

Tints

Color #8a44bc mixed toward white.

#9d63c7

#b182d2

#c4a2dd

#d8c1e9

#ebe0f4

Tones

Color #8a44bc mixed toward gray.

#884eb2

#8758a8

#85629e

#836c94

#82768a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.63:1

White text reads better on this background (5.78:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7272a9 · ΔE 16.1

Deuteranopia

#767aa4 · ΔE 19.1

Tritanopia

#889793 · ΔE 32.8

Achromatopsia

#666666 · ΔE 27.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a44bc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a44bc]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8a44bc (#8a44bc) is rgb(138, 68, 188) in RGB.

No, #8a44bc 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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