#8b3bbc

Color #8b3bbc

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 11.83 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8b3bbc

RGB

rgb(139, 59, 188)

HSL

hsl(277.2, 52.2%, 48.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.2, 68.6%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.1%, 68.6%, 0%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(41.61, 55.33, -53.74)

LCH

lch(41.61, 77.13, 315.84)

OKLCH

oklch(52.1%, 0.1974, 309.63)

HWB

hwb(277.2, 23.1%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6cbc3b

Analogous

#4a3bbc

#8b3bbc

#bc3bac

Triadic

#8b3bbc

#bc8b3b

#3bbc8b

Split-complementary

#8b3bbc

#acbc3b

#3bbc4a

Tetradic

#8b3bbc

#bc3b6c

#6cbc3b

#3bbc8b

Square

#8b3bbc

#bc4a3b

#6cbc3b

#3bacbc

Shades

Color #8b3bbc mixed toward black.

#74319d

#5d277d

#451d5e

#2e143f

#170a1f

Tints

Color #8b3bbc mixed toward white.

#9f58cb

#b279d5

#c59be0

#d9bcea

#ecdef5

Tones

Color #8b3bbc mixed toward gray.

#8846b1

#8650a6

#835b9c

#816691

#7e7186

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.09:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.45:1

White text reads better on this background (6.09:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7170a8 · ΔE 17.3

Deuteranopia

#757aa3 · ΔE 20.9

Tritanopia

#889691 · ΔE 34.8

Achromatopsia

#626262 · ΔE 28.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b3bbc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b3bbc]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8b3bbc (#8b3bbc) is rgb(139, 59, 188) in RGB.

No, #8b3bbc 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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