#8c39bc

Color #8c39bc

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 10.8 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8c39bc

RGB

rgb(140, 57, 188)

HSL

hsl(278, 53.5%, 48%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278, 69.7%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.5%, 69.7%, 0%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(41.43, 56.43, -54.03)

LCH

lch(41.43, 78.13, 316.24)

OKLCH

oklch(52%, 0.2002, 310.24)

HWB

hwb(278, 22.4%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#69bc39

Analogous

#4a39bc

#8c39bc

#bc39aa

Triadic

#8c39bc

#bc8c39

#39bc8c

Split-complementary

#8c39bc

#aabc39

#39bc4a

Tetradic

#8c39bc

#bc3969

#69bc39

#39bc8c

Square

#8c39bc

#bc4a39

#69bc39

#39aabc

Shades

Color #8c39bc mixed toward black.

#752f9d

#5d267d

#461c5e

#2f133f

#17091f

Tints

Color #8c39bc mixed toward white.

#a055cc

#b377d6

#c699e0

#d9bbea

#ecddf5

Tones

Color #8c39bc mixed toward gray.

#8944b1

#864fa6

#835a9b

#806590

#7d6f85

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.43:1

White text reads better on this background (6.13:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7171a8 · ΔE 18

Deuteranopia

#757aa3 · ΔE 21.3

Tritanopia

#899691 · ΔE 35.1

Achromatopsia

#626262 · ΔE 28.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8c39bc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c39bc]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8c39bc (#8c39bc) is rgb(140, 57, 188) in RGB.

No, #8c39bc 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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