#8a4aa9

Color #8a4aa9

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 12.23 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 8.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8a4aa9

RGB

rgb(138, 74, 169)

HSL

hsl(280.4, 39.1%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280.4, 56.2%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.3%, 56.2%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(43.01, 43.48, -40.3)

LCH

lch(43.01, 59.28, 317.17)

OKLCH

oklch(52.7%, 0.1553, 313.41)

HWB

hwb(280.4, 29%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#69a94a

Analogous

#5a4aa9

#8a4aa9

#a94a98

Triadic

#8a4aa9

#a98a4a

#4aa98a

Split-complementary

#8a4aa9

#98a94a

#4aa95a

Tetradic

#8a4aa9

#a94a69

#69a94a

#4aa98a

Square

#8a4aa9

#a95a4a

#69a94a

#4a98a9

Shades

Color #8a4aa9 mixed toward black.

#733e8d

#5c3171

#452554

#2e1938

#170c1c

Tints

Color #8a4aa9 mixed toward white.

#9f64bb

#b283c9

#c5a2d6

#d8c1e4

#ece0f1

Tones

Color #8a4aa9 mixed toward gray.

#8752a1

#845a99

#826291

#7f6a89

#7c7181

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

#747399 · ΔE 16.4

Deuteranopia

#777b94 · ΔE 19.7

Tritanopia

#888a87 · ΔE 32.8

Achromatopsia

#666666 · ΔE 25.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a4aa9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a4aa9]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#8a4aa9 (#8a4aa9) is rgb(138, 74, 169) in RGB.

No, #8a4aa9 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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