#8d5aaa

Color #8d5aaa

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 17.31 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 12.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8d5aaa

RGB

rgb(141, 90, 170)

HSL

hsl(278.3, 32%, 51%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.3, 47.1%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.1%, 47.1%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(46.81, 35.76, -34.86)

LCH

lch(46.81, 49.94, 315.73)

OKLCH

oklch(55.6%, 0.1309, 312.18)

HWB

hwb(278.3, 35.3%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#77aa5a

Analogous

#655aaa

#8d5aaa

#aa5a9f

Triadic

#8d5aaa

#aa8d5a

#5aaa8d

Split-complementary

#8d5aaa

#9faa5a

#5aaa65

Tetradic

#8d5aaa

#aa5a77

#77aa5a

#5aaa8d

Square

#8d5aaa

#aa655a

#77aa5a

#5a9faa

Shades

Color #8d5aaa mixed toward black.

#764a8f

#5e3b72

#472c56

#2f1d39

#180f1d

Tints

Color #8d5aaa mixed toward white.

#a076b8

#b391c6

#c6add5

#d9c8e3

#ece4f1

Tones

Color #8d5aaa mixed toward gray.

#8b61a3

#89679d

#886e96

#86758f

#847b89

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.18:1

White text reads better on this background (5.03:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a7a9b · ΔE 14.7

Deuteranopia

#7d8098 · ΔE 17.4

Tritanopia

#8b8e8b · ΔE 28.1

Achromatopsia

#6f6f6f · ΔE 24.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8d5aaa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8d5aaa]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8d5aaa (#8d5aaa) is rgb(141, 90, 170) in RGB.

No, #8d5aaa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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