#8d00bd

Color #8d00bd

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 9.48 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8d00bd

RGB

rgb(141, 0, 189)

HSL

hsl(284.8, 100%, 37.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(284.8, 100%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.4%, 100%, 0%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(36.63, 71.39, -62.4)

LCH

lch(36.63, 94.82, 318.84)

OKLCH

oklch(48.7%, 0.2423, 313.04)

HWB

hwb(284.8, 0%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#30bd00

Analogous

#2f00bd

#8d00bd

#bd008f

Triadic

#8d00bd

#bd8d00

#00bd8d

Split-complementary

#8d00bd

#8fbd00

#00bd2f

Tetradic

#8d00bd

#bd0030

#30bd00

#00bd8d

Square

#8d00bd

#bd2f00

#30bd00

#008fbd

Shades

Color #8d00bd mixed toward black.

#76009e

#5e007e

#47005f

#2f003f

#180020

Tints

Color #8d00bd mixed toward white.

#b500f3

#c929ff

#d65fff

#e494ff

#f1caff

Tones

Color #8d00bd mixed toward gray.

#8510ad

#7e209e

#762f8e

#6e3f7e

#664f6e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.87:1

White text reads better on this background (7.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6c6ca7 · ΔE 21.8

Deuteranopia

#7178a1 · ΔE 26

Tritanopia

#8a928d · ΔE 39.1

Achromatopsia

#565656 · ΔE 30.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8d00bd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8d00bd]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#8d00bd (#8d00bd) is rgb(141, 0, 189) in RGB.

No, #8d00bd 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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