#8d42d9

Color #8d42d9

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 7.87 Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8d42d9

RGB

rgb(141, 66, 217)

HSL

hsl(269.8, 66.5%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(269.8, 69.6%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(35%, 69.6%, 0%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(45.04, 59.19, -64.96)

LCH

lch(45.04, 87.88, 312.34)

OKLCH

oklch(55.2%, 0.2191, 302.4)

HWB

hwb(269.8, 25.9%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8ed942

Analogous

#4243d9

#8d42d9

#d842d9

Triadic

#8d42d9

#d98d42

#42d98d

Split-complementary

#8d42d9

#d9d842

#43d942

Tetradic

#8d42d9

#d9428e

#8ed942

#42d98d

Square

#8d42d9

#d94243

#8ed942

#42d9d8

Shades

Color #8d42d9 mixed toward black.

#7528c4

#5e209d

#461876

#2f104f

#170827

Tints

Color #8d42d9 mixed toward white.

#a062df

#b381e6

#c6a1ec

#d9c0f2

#ece0f9

Tones

Color #8d42d9 mixed toward gray.

#8d4fcc

#8d5bc0

#8d68b3

#8d74a7

#8d819a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.91:1

White text reads better on this background (5.37:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7473c2 · ΔE 15

Deuteranopia

#787cbc · ΔE 18.1

Tritanopia

#8aada8 · ΔE 37.1

Achromatopsia

#6b6b6b · ΔE 29.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8d42d9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8d42d9]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#8d42d9 (#8d42d9) is rgb(141, 66, 217) in RGB.

No, #8d42d9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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