#8a71bb

Color #8a71bb

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 18.55 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 12

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Conversions

HEX

#8a71bb

RGB

rgb(138, 113, 187)

HSL

hsl(260.3, 35.2%, 58.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260.3, 39.6%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.2%, 39.6%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(52.73, 25.61, -35.47)

LCH

lch(52.73, 43.75, 305.83)

OKLCH

oklch(60.3%, 0.1126, 298.55)

HWB

hwb(260.3, 44.3%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a2bb71

Analogous

#717dbb

#8a71bb

#af71bb

Triadic

#8a71bb

#bb8a71

#71bb8a

Split-complementary

#8a71bb

#bbaf71

#7dbb71

Tetradic

#8a71bb

#bb71a2

#a2bb71

#71bb8a

Square

#8a71bb

#bb717d

#a2bb71

#71bbaf

Shades

Color #8a71bb mixed toward black.

#6f51a9

#594187

#423165

#2c2044

#161022

Tints

Color #8a71bb mixed toward white.

#9d89c6

#b1a0d2

#c4b8dd

#d8d0e8

#ebe7f4

Tones

Color #8a71bb mixed toward gray.

#8c77b5

#8e7daf

#9083a8

#928aa2

#94909c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.16:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8080ad · ΔE 7.8

Deuteranopia

#8183a9 · ΔE 9.5

Tritanopia

#89a09d · ΔE 26.6

Achromatopsia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 23

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a71bb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a71bb]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#8a71bb (#8a71bb) is rgb(138, 113, 187) in RGB.

No, #8a71bb 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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