#8a4eef

Color #8a4eef

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 13.35 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 2.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8a4eef

RGB

rgb(138, 78, 239)

HSL

hsl(262.4, 83.4%, 62.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(262.4, 67.4%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.3%, 67.4%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(48.36, 58.32, -72.04)

LCH

lch(48.36, 92.69, 308.99)

OKLCH

oklch(58.1%, 0.2281, 295.48)

HWB

hwb(262.4, 30.6%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b3ef4e

Analogous

#4e63ef

#8a4eef

#db4eef

Triadic

#8a4eef

#ef8a4e

#4eef8a

Split-complementary

#8a4eef

#efdb4e

#63ef4e

Tetradic

#8a4eef

#ef4eb3

#b3ef4e

#4eef8a

Square

#8a4eef

#ef4e63

#b3ef4e

#4eefdb

Shades

Color #8a4eef mixed toward black.

#6a1eeb

#5312c2

#3f0d91

#2a0961

#150430

Tints

Color #8a4eef mixed toward white.

#9e6cf2

#b189f4

#c5a7f7

#d8c4fa

#ece2fc

Tones

Color #8a4eef mixed toward gray.

#8e5ce2

#9169d4

#9476c7

#9884b9

#9b91ac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.42:1

White text reads better on this background (4.75:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7574d6 · ΔE 11.7

Deuteranopia

#787ccf · ΔE 14.4

Tritanopia

#88bfba · ΔE 39.4

Achromatopsia

#737373 · ΔE 30.1

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #8a4eef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a4eef]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#8a4eef (#8a4eef) is rgb(138, 78, 239) in RGB.

No, #8a4eef 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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