#8b5fac

Color #8b5fac

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 17.65 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 13.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8b5fac

RGB

rgb(139, 95, 172)

HSL

hsl(274.3, 31.7%, 52.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.3, 44.8%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.2%, 44.8%, 0%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(47.82, 32.77, -34.47)

LCH

lch(47.82, 47.56, 313.55)

OKLCH

oklch(56.4%, 0.1239, 309.27)

HWB

hwb(274.3, 37.3%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#80ac5f

Analogous

#655fac

#8b5fac

#ac5fa7

Triadic

#8b5fac

#ac8b5f

#5fac8b

Split-complementary

#8b5fac

#a7ac5f

#5fac65

Tetradic

#8b5fac

#ac5f80

#80ac5f

#5fac8b

Square

#8b5fac

#ac655f

#80ac5f

#5fa7ac

Shades

Color #8b5fac mixed toward black.

#744c93

#5d3d75

#462e58

#2f1e3b

#170f1d

Tints

Color #8b5fac mixed toward white.

#9e7aba

#b294c8

#c5afd6

#d8cae3

#ece4f1

Tones

Color #8b5fac mixed toward gray.

#8a66a6

#896c9f

#887299

#877992

#877f8c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.33:1

White text reads better on this background (4.85:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a7a9e · ΔE 12.9

Deuteranopia

#7d809a · ΔE 15.7

Tritanopia

#89918e · ΔE 26.8

Achromatopsia

#717171 · ΔE 23.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b5fac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b5fac]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8b5fac (#8b5fac) is rgb(139, 95, 172) in RGB.

No, #8b5fac 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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