#8c63a0

Color #8c63a0

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 23.4 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 12.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8c63a0

RGB

rgb(140, 99, 160)

HSL

hsl(280.3, 24.3%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280.3, 38.1%, 62.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.5%, 38.1%, 0%, 37.3%)

LAB

lab(48.31, 28.04, -26.65)

LCH

lch(48.31, 38.68, 316.46)

OKLCH

oklch(56.6%, 0.1023, 314.13)

HWB

hwb(280.3, 38.8%, 37.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#77a063

Analogous

#6e63a0

#8c63a0

#a06396

Triadic

#8c63a0

#a08c63

#63a08c

Split-complementary

#8c63a0

#96a063

#63a06e

Tetradic

#8c63a0

#a06377

#77a063

#63a08c

Square

#8c63a0

#a06e63

#77a063

#6396a0

Shades

Color #8c63a0 mixed toward black.

#755286

#5e416b

#463151

#2f2136

#17101b

Tints

Color #8c63a0 mixed toward white.

#9f7db0

#b297c0

#c6b1d0

#d9cbdf

#ece5ef

Tones

Color #8c63a0 mixed toward gray.

#8a689b

#896d96

#877291

#85778c

#837c87

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.41:1

White text reads better on this background (4.76:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7c94 · ΔE 14.2

Deuteranopia

#7f8191 · ΔE 17.3

Tritanopia

#8a8a87 · ΔE 26.7

Achromatopsia

#737373 · ΔE 22.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8c63a0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c63a0]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#8c63a0 (#8c63a0) is rgb(140, 99, 160) in RGB.

No, #8c63a0 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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