#8b58bd

Color #8b58bd

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 9.93 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 9.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8b58bd

RGB

rgb(139, 88, 189)

HSL

hsl(270.3, 43.3%, 54.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270.3, 53.4%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.5%, 53.4%, 0%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(47.16, 40.77, -45.42)

LCH

lch(47.16, 61.03, 311.91)

OKLCH

oklch(56.2%, 0.1564, 305.21)

HWB

hwb(270.3, 34.5%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8abd58

Analogous

#5958bd

#8b58bd

#bd58bc

Triadic

#8b58bd

#bd8b58

#58bd8b

Split-complementary

#8b58bd

#bcbd58

#58bd59

Tetradic

#8b58bd

#bd588a

#8abd58

#58bd8b

Square

#8b58bd

#bd5958

#8abd58

#58bcbd

Shades

Color #8b58bd mixed toward black.

#7441a5

#5d3484

#462763

#2e1a42

#170d21

Tints

Color #8b58bd mixed toward white.

#9e74c8

#b290d3

#c5acde

#d8c7e9

#ece3f4

Tones

Color #8b58bd mixed toward gray.

#8b60b5

#8b69ac

#8b71a4

#8b7a9b

#8b8293

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.23:1

White text reads better on this background (4.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7878ab · ΔE 13.1

Deuteranopia

#7b7ea7 · ΔE 15.4

Tritanopia

#899c98 · ΔE 30.2

Achromatopsia

#707070 · ΔE 26

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b58bd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b58bd]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#8b58bd (#8b58bd) is rgb(139, 88, 189) in RGB.

No, #8b58bd 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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