#8a5ba8

Color #8a5ba8

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 18.33 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 12.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8a5ba8

RGB

rgb(138, 91, 168)

HSL

hsl(276.6, 30.7%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.6, 45.8%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.9%, 45.8%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(46.6, 33.84, -34.05)

LCH

lch(46.6, 48.01, 314.82)

OKLCH

oklch(55.4%, 0.1255, 311.03)

HWB

hwb(276.6, 35.7%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#79a85b

Analogous

#635ba8

#8a5ba8

#a85ba0

Triadic

#8a5ba8

#a88a5b

#5ba88a

Split-complementary

#8a5ba8

#a0a85b

#5ba863

Tetradic

#8a5ba8

#a85b79

#79a85b

#5ba88a

Square

#8a5ba8

#a8635b

#79a85b

#5ba0a8

Shades

Color #8a5ba8 mixed toward black.

#734b8d

#5c3c71

#452d55

#2e1e38

#170f1c

Tints

Color #8a5ba8 mixed toward white.

#9e76b7

#b192c5

#c5add4

#d8c8e2

#ece4f1

Tones

Color #8a5ba8 mixed toward gray.

#8961a2

#87689b

#866e95

#84758e

#837b88

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.14:1

White text reads better on this background (5.07:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#78789a · ΔE 13.7

Deuteranopia

#7b7e96 · ΔE 16.6

Tritanopia

#888d8a · ΔE 27.4

Achromatopsia

#6e6e6e · ΔE 24

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a5ba8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a5ba8]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8a5ba8 (#8a5ba8) is rgb(138, 91, 168) in RGB.

No, #8a5ba8 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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