#8c0bd5

Color #8c0bd5

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 2.95 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 2

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Conversions

HEX

#8c0bd5

RGB

rgb(140, 11, 213)

HSL

hsl(278.3, 90.2%, 43.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.3, 94.8%, 83.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.3%, 94.8%, 0%, 16.5%)

LAB

lab(38.93, 74.54, -72.63)

LCH

lch(38.93, 104.07, 315.74)

OKLCH

oklch(50.9%, 0.2573, 306.37)

HWB

hwb(278.3, 4.3%, 16.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#54d50b

Analogous

#270bd5

#8c0bd5

#d50bb9

Triadic

#8c0bd5

#d58c0b

#0bd58c

Split-complementary

#8c0bd5

#b9d50b

#0bd527

Tetradic

#8c0bd5

#d50b54

#54d50b

#0bd58c

Square

#8c0bd5

#d5270b

#54d50b

#0bb9d5

Shades

Color #8c0bd5 mixed toward black.

#7509b1

#5d078e

#46056a

#2f0447

#170223

Tints

Color #8c0bd5 mixed toward white.

#a61cf3

#b74af6

#c977f8

#dba4fa

#edd2fd

Tones

Color #8c0bd5 mixed toward gray.

#871cc4

#832db3

#7e3da2

#794e92

#755f81

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.12:1

White text reads better on this background (6.72:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6c6bbc · ΔE 19.2

Deuteranopia

#7177b6 · ΔE 23.3

Tritanopia

#89a5a0 · ΔE 40.3

Achromatopsia

#5c5c5c · ΔE 31.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c0bd5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c0bd5]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8c0bd5 (#8c0bd5) is rgb(140, 11, 213) in RGB.

No, #8c0bd5 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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