#8b00eb

Color #8b00eb

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 13.02 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8b00eb

RGB

rgb(139, 0, 235)

HSL

hsl(275.5, 100%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.5, 100%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.9%, 100%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(40.39, 80.01, -82.83)

LCH

lch(40.39, 115.16, 314.01)

OKLCH

oklch(52.4%, 0.2777, 301.38)

HWB

hwb(275.5, 0%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#60eb00

Analogous

#1600eb

#8b00eb

#eb00d6

Triadic

#8b00eb

#eb8b00

#00eb8b

Split-complementary

#8b00eb

#d6eb00

#00eb16

Tetradic

#8b00eb

#eb0060

#60eb00

#00eb8b

Square

#8b00eb

#eb1600

#60eb00

#00d6eb

Shades

Color #8b00eb mixed toward black.

#7400c4

#5d009d

#460076

#2e004e

#170027

Tints

Color #8b00eb mixed toward white.

#a11aff

#b448ff

#c776ff

#daa3ff

#ecd1ff

Tones

Color #8b00eb mixed toward gray.

#8814d8

#8427c4

#803bb0

#7d4e9d

#796289

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.3:1

White text reads better on this background (6.37:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6ad0 · ΔE 17.7

Deuteranopia

#7076c9 · ΔE 21.7

Tritanopia

#88b7b0 · ΔE 44.4

Achromatopsia

#5f5f5f · ΔE 32.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b00eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b00eb]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8b00eb (#8b00eb) is rgb(139, 0, 235) in RGB.

No, #8b00eb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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