#8b56b7

Color #8b56b7

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 11.62 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 10.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8b56b7

RGB

rgb(139, 86, 183)

HSL

hsl(272.8, 40.2%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(272.8, 53%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(24%, 53%, 0%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(46.4, 40.45, -43.15)

LCH

lch(46.4, 59.14, 313.15)

OKLCH

oklch(55.5%, 0.1524, 307.37)

HWB

hwb(272.8, 33.7%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#82b756

Analogous

#5a56b7

#8b56b7

#b756b2

Triadic

#8b56b7

#b78b56

#56b78b

Split-complementary

#8b56b7

#b2b756

#56b75a

Tetradic

#8b56b7

#b75682

#82b756

#56b78b

Square

#8b56b7

#b75a56

#82b756

#56b2b7

Shades

Color #8b56b7 mixed toward black.

#74439d

#5d367e

#46285e

#2e1b3f

#170d1f

Tints

Color #8b56b7 mixed toward white.

#9e72c3

#b28ecf

#c5aadb

#d8c7e7

#ece3f3

Tones

Color #8b56b7 mixed toward gray.

#8a5eaf

#8966a7

#896e9f

#887697

#877e8e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.11:1

White text reads better on this background (5.11:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7877a6 · ΔE 13.6

Deuteranopia

#7a7ea2 · ΔE 16.4

Tritanopia

#899793 · ΔE 29.8

Achromatopsia

#6e6e6e · ΔE 25.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b56b7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b56b7]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#8b56b7 (#8b56b7) is rgb(139, 86, 183) in RGB.

No, #8b56b7 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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