#8c30c7

Color #8c30c7

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 3.81 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8c30c7

RGB

rgb(140, 48, 199)

HSL

hsl(276.6, 61.1%, 48.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.6, 75.9%, 78%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.6%, 75.9%, 0%, 22%)

LAB

lab(40.92, 62.49, -61.28)

LCH

lch(40.92, 87.52, 315.56)

OKLCH

oklch(51.9%, 0.221, 308.04)

HWB

hwb(276.6, 18.8%, 22%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6bc730

Analogous

#4130c7

#8c30c7

#c730b6

Triadic

#8c30c7

#c78c30

#30c78c

Split-complementary

#8c30c7

#b6c730

#30c741

Tetradic

#8c30c7

#c7306b

#6bc730

#30c78c

Square

#8c30c7

#c74130

#6bc730

#30b6c7

Shades

Color #8c30c7 mixed toward black.

#7528a6

#5d2085

#461863

#2f1042

#170821

Tints

Color #8c30c7 mixed toward white.

#a04ed4

#b372dd

#c695e5

#d9b8ee

#ecdcf6

Tones

Color #8c30c7 mixed toward gray.

#893dba

#8649ae

#8456a1

#816295

#7e6f88

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.36:1

White text reads better on this background (6.25:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#706fb1 · ΔE 18

Deuteranopia

#7479ab · ΔE 21.6

Tritanopia

#899d98 · ΔE 36.8

Achromatopsia

#606060 · ΔE 29.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8c30c7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c30c7]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8c30c7 (#8c30c7) is rgb(140, 48, 199) in RGB.

No, #8c30c7 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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