#8d00cd

Color #8d00cd

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 2.64 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8d00cd

RGB

rgb(141, 0, 205)

HSL

hsl(281.3, 100%, 40.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.3, 100%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.2%, 100%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(37.97, 74.38, -69.57)

LCH

lch(37.97, 101.84, 316.91)

OKLCH

oklch(50%, 0.2545, 308.87)

HWB

hwb(281.3, 0%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#40cd00

Analogous

#2700cd

#8d00cd

#cd00a6

Triadic

#8d00cd

#cd8d00

#00cd8d

Split-complementary

#8d00cd

#a6cd00

#00cd27

Tetradic

#8d00cd

#cd0040

#40cd00

#00cd8d

Square

#8d00cd

#cd2700

#40cd00

#00a6cd

Shades

Color #8d00cd mixed toward black.

#7600ab

#5e0089

#470067

#2f0044

#180022

Tints

Color #8d00cd mixed toward white.

#b001ff

#c034ff

#cf67ff

#df99ff

#efccff

Tones

Color #8d00cd mixed toward gray.

#8711bc

#8022ab

#7a339a

#734489

#6d5578

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.01:1

White text reads better on this background (6.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6c6cb5 · ΔE 20.5

Deuteranopia

#7178af · ΔE 24.7

Tritanopia

#8a9f99 · ΔE 40.6

Achromatopsia

#595959 · ΔE 31

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8d00cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8d00cd]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#8d00cd (#8d00cd) is rgb(141, 0, 205) in RGB.

No, #8d00cd 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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