#8c00c8

Color #8c00c8

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 4.63 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8c00c8

RGB

rgb(140, 0, 200)

HSL

hsl(282, 100%, 39.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282, 100%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(30%, 100%, 0%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(37.38, 73.31, -67.62)

LCH

lch(37.38, 99.73, 317.31)

OKLCH

oklch(49.5%, 0.2504, 309.78)

HWB

hwb(282, 0%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3cc800

Analogous

#2800c8

#8c00c8

#c800a0

Triadic

#8c00c8

#c88c00

#00c88c

Split-complementary

#8c00c8

#a0c800

#00c828

Tetradic

#8c00c8

#c8003c

#3cc800

#00c88c

Square

#8c00c8

#c82800

#3cc800

#00a0c8

Shades

Color #8c00c8 mixed toward black.

#7500a7

#5d0085

#460064

#2f0043

#170021

Tints

Color #8c00c8 mixed toward white.

#b000fc

#c130ff

#d064ff

#e098ff

#efcbff

Tones

Color #8c00c8 mixed toward gray.

#8511b7

#7f21a7

#783296

#714385

#6b5375

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.95:1

White text reads better on this background (7.12:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6c6bb1 · ΔE 20.5

Deuteranopia

#7177aa · ΔE 24.8

Tritanopia

#899b96 · ΔE 39.4

Achromatopsia

#585858 · ΔE 30.8

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #8c00c8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c00c8]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#8c00c8 (#8c00c8) is rgb(140, 0, 200) in RGB.

No, #8c00c8 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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