#8d6cc8

Color #8d6cc8

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 8.32 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 10.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8d6cc8

RGB

rgb(141, 108, 200)

HSL

hsl(261.5, 45.5%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(261.5, 46%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.5%, 46%, 0%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(52.46, 32.65, -43.33)

LCH

lch(52.46, 54.25, 307)

OKLCH

oklch(60.4%, 0.1387, 298.75)

HWB

hwb(261.5, 42.4%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a7c86c

Analogous

#6c79c8

#8d6cc8

#bb6cc8

Triadic

#8d6cc8

#c88d6c

#6cc88d

Split-complementary

#8d6cc8

#c8bb6c

#79c86c

Tetradic

#8d6cc8

#c86ca7

#a7c86c

#6cc88d

Square

#8d6cc8

#c86c79

#a7c86c

#6cc8bb

Shades

Color #8d6cc8 mixed toward black.

#7047ba

#593895

#432a70

#2d1c4b

#160e25

Tints

Color #8d6cc8 mixed toward white.

#a085d1

#b39dda

#c6b6e3

#d9ceed

#ece7f6

Tones

Color #8d6cc8 mixed toward gray.

#8f74c0

#917bb9

#9483b1

#968ba9

#9892a2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.11:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8080b7 · ΔE 9.1

Deuteranopia

#8284b3 · ΔE 10.7

Tritanopia

#8ca8a5 · ΔE 28.6

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 24.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8d6cc8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8d6cc8]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Indigo #4b0082

Frequently asked questions

#8d6cc8 (#8d6cc8) is rgb(141, 108, 200) in RGB.

No, #8d6cc8 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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