#8c38b9

Color #8c38b9

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 11.74 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8c38b9

RGB

rgb(140, 56, 185)

HSL

hsl(279.1, 53.5%, 47.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.1, 69.7%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.3%, 69.7%, 0%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(41.07, 56.21, -52.85)

LCH

lch(41.07, 77.15, 316.76)

OKLCH

oklch(51.7%, 0.1984, 311.2)

HWB

hwb(279.1, 22%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#65b938

Analogous

#4c38b9

#8c38b9

#b938a6

Triadic

#8c38b9

#b98c38

#38b98c

Split-complementary

#8c38b9

#a6b938

#38b94c

Tetradic

#8c38b9

#b93865

#65b938

#38b98c

Square

#8c38b9

#b94c38

#65b938

#38a6b9

Shades

Color #8c38b9 mixed toward black.

#752f9a

#5d257b

#461c5d

#2f133e

#17091f

Tints

Color #8c38b9 mixed toward white.

#a153cb

#b475d5

#c798e0

#d9baea

#ecddf5

Tones

Color #8c38b9 mixed toward gray.

#8943ae

#864ea4

#825899

#7f638e

#7c6e83

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.38:1

White text reads better on this background (6.21:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7171a5 · ΔE 18.4

Deuteranopia

#757aa0 · ΔE 21.7

Tritanopia

#89938f · ΔE 34.3

Achromatopsia

#616161 · ΔE 28.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c38b9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c38b9]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#8c38b9 (#8c38b9) is rgb(140, 56, 185) in RGB.

No, #8c38b9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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