#8e00dd

Color #8e00dd

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 6 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 2

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Conversions

HEX

#8e00dd

RGB

rgb(142, 0, 221)

HSL

hsl(278.6, 100%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.6, 100%, 86.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.7%, 100%, 0%, 13.3%)

LAB

lab(39.53, 77.56, -76.24)

LCH

lch(39.53, 108.76, 315.49)

OKLCH

oklch(51.5%, 0.2671, 305.42)

HWB

hwb(278.6, 0%, 13.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4fdd00

Analogous

#2000dd

#8e00dd

#dd00bd

Triadic

#8e00dd

#dd8e00

#00dd8e

Split-complementary

#8e00dd

#bddd00

#00dd20

Tetradic

#8e00dd

#dd004f

#4fdd00

#00dd8e

Square

#8e00dd

#dd2000

#4fdd00

#00bddd

Shades

Color #8e00dd mixed toward black.

#7600b8

#5f0093

#47006e

#2f004a

#180025

Tints

Color #8e00dd mixed toward white.

#a90eff

#ba3eff

#cb6eff

#dd9fff

#eecfff

Tones

Color #8e00dd mixed toward gray.

#8912ca

#8425b8

#7e37a6

#794a93

#745c81

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.19:1

White text reads better on this background (6.57:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6cc3 · ΔE 19.2

Deuteranopia

#7278bd · ΔE 23.3

Tritanopia

#8baca6 · ΔE 42

Achromatopsia

#5d5d5d · ΔE 31.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e00dd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e00dd]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8e00dd (#8e00dd) is rgb(142, 0, 221) in RGB.

No, #8e00dd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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