#8a68b3

Color #8a68b3

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 17.8 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 12.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8a68b3

RGB

rgb(138, 104, 179)

HSL

hsl(267.2, 33%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(267.2, 41.9%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.9%, 41.9%, 0%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(50.17, 28.91, -34.87)

LCH

lch(50.17, 45.3, 309.66)

OKLCH

oklch(58.2%, 0.117, 303.88)

HWB

hwb(267.2, 40.8%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#91b368

Analogous

#686cb3

#8a68b3

#af68b3

Triadic

#8a68b3

#b38a68

#68b38a

Split-complementary

#8a68b3

#b3af68

#6cb368

Tetradic

#8a68b3

#b36891

#91b368

#68b38a

Square

#8a68b3

#b3686c

#91b368

#68b3af

Shades

Color #8a68b3 mixed toward black.

#724f9d

#5b3f7d

#452f5e

#2e203f

#17101f

Tints

Color #8a68b3 mixed toward white.

#9e81c0

#b19acc

#c5b4d9

#d8cde6

#ece6f2

Tones

Color #8a68b3 mixed toward gray.

#8b6ead

#8b75a6

#8c7ba0

#8c819a

#8d8794

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.71:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7ca5 · ΔE 10

Deuteranopia

#7f81a1 · ΔE 12.4

Tritanopia

#899895 · ΔE 26.3

Achromatopsia

#777777 · ΔE 23.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a68b3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a68b3]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#8a68b3 (#8a68b3) is rgb(138, 104, 179) in RGB.

No, #8a68b3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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