#8c57a1

Color #8c57a1

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 20.32 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 12

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Conversions

HEX

#8c57a1

RGB

rgb(140, 87, 161)

HSL

hsl(283, 29.8%, 48.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(283, 46%, 63.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(13%, 46%, 0%, 36.9%)

LAB

lab(45.59, 35.15, -31.48)

LCH

lch(45.59, 47.19, 318.15)

OKLCH

oklch(54.5%, 0.1251, 315.81)

HWB

hwb(283, 34.1%, 36.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6ca157

Analogous

#6757a1

#8c57a1

#a15791

Triadic

#8c57a1

#a18c57

#57a18c

Split-complementary

#8c57a1

#91a157

#57a167

Tetradic

#8c57a1

#a1576c

#6ca157

#57a18c

Square

#8c57a1

#a16757

#6ca157

#5791a1

Shades

Color #8c57a1 mixed toward black.

#754886

#5d3a6b

#462b50

#2f1d36

#170e1b

Tints

Color #8c57a1 mixed toward white.

#a071b2

#b38ec2

#c6aad1

#d9c6e0

#ece3f0

Tones

Color #8c57a1 mixed toward gray.

#895d9b

#876395

#84698e

#817088

#7f7682

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.99:1

White text reads better on this background (5.26:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#797893 · ΔE 15.8

Deuteranopia

#7b7f90 · ΔE 19.1

Tritanopia

#8a8784 · ΔE 27.7

Achromatopsia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 24

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c57a1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c57a1]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#8c57a1 (#8c57a1) is rgb(140, 87, 161) in RGB.

No, #8c57a1 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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