#8e00bb

Color #8e00bb

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 9.1 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#8e00bb

RGB

rgb(142, 0, 187)

HSL

hsl(285.6, 100%, 36.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(285.6, 100%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.1%, 100%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(36.63, 71.15, -61.21)

LCH

lch(36.63, 93.86, 319.29)

OKLCH

oklch(48.7%, 0.241, 313.96)

HWB

hwb(285.6, 0%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2dbb00

Analogous

#3100bb

#8e00bb

#bb008b

Triadic

#8e00bb

#bb8e00

#00bb8e

Split-complementary

#8e00bb

#8bbb00

#00bb31

Tetradic

#8e00bb

#bb002d

#2dbb00

#00bb8e

Square

#8e00bb

#bb3100

#2dbb00

#008bbb

Shades

Color #8e00bb mixed toward black.

#77009c

#5f007d

#47005e

#2f003e

#18001f

Tints

Color #8e00bb mixed toward white.

#b700f1

#cb28ff

#d85eff

#e593ff

#f2c9ff

Tones

Color #8e00bb mixed toward gray.

#8610ac

#7e1f9c

#762f8c

#6e3e7d

#664e6d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.87:1

White text reads better on this background (7.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6ca5 · ΔE 21.8

Deuteranopia

#72789f · ΔE 26

Tritanopia

#8b918c · ΔE 39.2

Achromatopsia

#565656 · ΔE 30.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e00bb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e00bb]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#8e00bb (#8e00bb) is rgb(142, 0, 187) in RGB.

No, #8e00bb 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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