#8b44b7

Color #8b44b7

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 12.31 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8b44b7

RGB

rgb(139, 68, 183)

HSL

hsl(277, 45.8%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277, 62.8%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(24%, 62.8%, 0%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(42.83, 49.95, -48.85)

LCH

lch(42.83, 69.87, 315.64)

OKLCH

oklch(52.9%, 0.18, 310.09)

HWB

hwb(277, 26.7%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#70b744

Analogous

#5144b7

#8b44b7

#b744aa

Triadic

#8b44b7

#b78b44

#44b78b

Split-complementary

#8b44b7

#aab744

#44b751

Tetradic

#8b44b7

#b74470

#70b744

#44b78b

Square

#8b44b7

#b75144

#70b744

#44aab7

Shades

Color #8b44b7 mixed toward black.

#743998

#5d2d7a

#45225b

#2e173d

#170b1e

Tints

Color #8b44b7 mixed toward white.

#9f62c4

#b281d0

#c5a1dc

#d8c0e8

#ece0f3

Tones

Color #8b44b7 mixed toward gray.

#894ead

#8657a4

#84619a

#826a91

#807487

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.61:1

White text reads better on this background (5.82:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7372a4 · ΔE 16.5

Deuteranopia

#777b9f · ΔE 19.8

Tritanopia

#88938f · ΔE 32.5

Achromatopsia

#656565 · ΔE 27.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b44b7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b44b7]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8b44b7 (#8b44b7) is rgb(139, 68, 183) in RGB.

No, #8b44b7 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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