#8c32c9

Color #8c32c9

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 3.99 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8c32c9

RGB

rgb(140, 50, 201)

HSL

hsl(275.8, 60.2%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.8, 75.1%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.3%, 75.1%, 0%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(41.33, 62.16, -61.76)

LCH

lch(41.33, 87.63, 315.18)

OKLCH

oklch(52.2%, 0.2209, 307.38)

HWB

hwb(275.8, 19.6%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6fc932

Analogous

#4132c9

#8c32c9

#c932ba

Triadic

#8c32c9

#c98c32

#32c98c

Split-complementary

#8c32c9

#bac932

#32c941

Tetradic

#8c32c9

#c9326f

#6fc932

#32c98c

Square

#8c32c9

#c94132

#6fc932

#32bac9

Shades

Color #8c32c9 mixed toward black.

#752aa7

#5d2186

#461964

#2f1143

#170821

Tints

Color #8c32c9 mixed toward white.

#a052d4

#b375dd

#c697e5

#d9baee

#ecdcf6

Tones

Color #8c32c9 mixed toward gray.

#8a3fbc

#874bb0

#8558a3

#826497

#80718a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.41:1

White text reads better on this background (6.15:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#706fb3 · ΔE 17.6

Deuteranopia

#747aad · ΔE 21.5

Tritanopia

#899f9a · ΔE 36.8

Achromatopsia

#616161 · ΔE 29.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c32c9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c32c9]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8c32c9 (#8c32c9) is rgb(140, 50, 201) in RGB.

No, #8c32c9 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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