#8e00ec

Color #8e00ec

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 12.92 Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#8e00ec

RGB

rgb(142, 0, 236)

HSL

hsl(276.1, 100%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.1, 100%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.8%, 100%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(40.91, 80.49, -82.53)

LCH

lch(40.91, 115.28, 314.28)

OKLCH

oklch(52.9%, 0.2789, 302.17)

HWB

hwb(276.1, 0%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5eec00

Analogous

#1800ec

#8e00ec

#ec00d4

Triadic

#8e00ec

#ec8e00

#00ec8e

Split-complementary

#8e00ec

#d4ec00

#00ec18

Tetradic

#8e00ec

#ec005e

#5eec00

#00ec8e

Square

#8e00ec

#ec1800

#5eec00

#00d4ec

Shades

Color #8e00ec mixed toward black.

#7600c5

#5f009d

#470076

#2f004f

#180027

Tints

Color #8e00ec mixed toward white.

#a41bff

#b648ff

#c876ff

#dba4ff

#edd1ff

Tones

Color #8e00ec mixed toward gray.

#8a14d8

#8627c5

#823bb1

#7e4f9d

#7a628a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.36:1

White text reads better on this background (6.25:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6cd1 · ΔE 18.1

Deuteranopia

#7278c9 · ΔE 22.2

Tritanopia

#8bb7b1 · ΔE 43.4

Achromatopsia

#606060 · ΔE 32.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8e00ec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e00ec]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8e00ec (#8e00ec) is rgb(142, 0, 236) in RGB.

No, #8e00ec is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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