#8b4ba8

Color #8b4ba8

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 13.03 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8b4ba8

RGB

rgb(139, 75, 168)

HSL

hsl(281.3, 38.3%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.3, 55.4%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.3%, 55.4%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(43.28, 43, -39.27)

LCH

lch(43.28, 58.23, 317.6)

OKLCH

oklch(52.9%, 0.1529, 314.15)

HWB

hwb(281.3, 29.4%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#68a84b

Analogous

#5c4ba8

#8b4ba8

#a84b96

Triadic

#8b4ba8

#a88b4b

#4ba88b

Split-complementary

#8b4ba8

#96a84b

#4ba85c

Tetradic

#8b4ba8

#a84b68

#68a84b

#4ba88b

Square

#8b4ba8

#a85c4b

#68a84b

#4b96a8

Shades

Color #8b4ba8 mixed toward black.

#743e8c

#5d3270

#452554

#2e1938

#170c1c

Tints

Color #8b4ba8 mixed toward white.

#a065ba

#b384c8

#c6a3d6

#d9c1e4

#ece0f1

Tones

Color #8b4ba8 mixed toward gray.

#8853a0

#855a98

#826291

#7f6a89

#7c7281

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.67:1

White text reads better on this background (5.72:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#757498 · ΔE 16.6

Deuteranopia

#787c94 · ΔE 19.9

Tritanopia

#898a86 · ΔE 32.9

Achromatopsia

#666666 · ΔE 25.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b4ba8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b4ba8]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#8b4ba8 (#8b4ba8) is rgb(139, 75, 168) in RGB.

No, #8b4ba8 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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