#8b3f9c

Color #8b3f9c

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 13.26 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8b3f9c

RGB

rgb(139, 63, 156)

HSL

hsl(289, 42.5%, 42.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(289, 59.6%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.9%, 59.6%, 0%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(40.32, 46.61, -36.81)

LCH

lch(40.32, 59.39, 321.7)

OKLCH

oklch(50.5%, 0.1593, 319.96)

HWB

hwb(289, 24.7%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#509c3f

Analogous

#5c3f9c

#8b3f9c

#9c3f7e

Triadic

#8b3f9c

#9c8b3f

#3f9c8b

Split-complementary

#8b3f9c

#7e9c3f

#3f9c5c

Tetradic

#8b3f9c

#9c3f50

#509c3f

#3f9c8b

Square

#8b3f9c

#9c5c3f

#509c3f

#3f7e9c

Shades

Color #8b3f9c mixed toward black.

#743482

#5d2a68

#451f4e

#2e1534

#170a1a

Tints

Color #8b3f9c mixed toward white.

#a652b9

#b875c7

#ca97d5

#dcbae3

#eddcf1

Tones

Color #8b3f9c mixed toward gray.

#864794

#814e8c

#7c5685

#775e7d

#726675

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.29:1

White text reads better on this background (6.39:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#72718c · ΔE 19.6

Deuteranopia

#767a88 · ΔE 23

Tritanopia

#887e7b · ΔE 29.2

Achromatopsia

#5f5f5f · ΔE 25.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b3f9c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b3f9c]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#8b3f9c (#8b3f9c) is rgb(139, 63, 156) in RGB.

No, #8b3f9c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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