#8d57ab

Color #8d57ab

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 16.27 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 11.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8d57ab

RGB

rgb(141, 87, 171)

HSL

hsl(278.6, 33.3%, 50.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.6, 49.1%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.5%, 49.1%, 0%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(46.2, 37.67, -36.41)

LCH

lch(46.2, 52.39, 315.97)

OKLCH

oklch(55.2%, 0.1372, 312.34)

HWB

hwb(278.6, 34.1%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#75ab57

Analogous

#6357ab

#8d57ab

#ab579f

Triadic

#8d57ab

#ab8d57

#57ab8d

Split-complementary

#8d57ab

#9fab57

#57ab63

Tetradic

#8d57ab

#ab5775

#75ab57

#57ab8d

Square

#8d57ab

#ab6357

#75ab57

#579fab

Shades

Color #8d57ab mixed toward black.

#76488f

#5e3973

#472b56

#2f1d39

#180e1d

Tints

Color #8d57ab mixed toward white.

#a073b9

#b38fc7

#c6abd5

#d9c7e3

#ece3f1

Tones

Color #8d57ab mixed toward gray.

#8b5ea4

#89659d

#876c96

#85738f

#837a88

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.08:1

White text reads better on this background (5.14:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#79799c · ΔE 15.1

Deuteranopia

#7c8098 · ΔE 18.1

Tritanopia

#8b8e8b · ΔE 28.7

Achromatopsia

#6d6d6d · ΔE 24.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8d57ab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8d57ab]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8d57ab (#8d57ab) is rgb(141, 87, 171) in RGB.

No, #8d57ab is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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