#8e36c0

Color #8e36c0

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 7.53 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8e36c0

RGB

rgb(142, 54, 192)

HSL

hsl(278.3, 56.1%, 48.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.3, 71.9%, 75.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(26%, 71.9%, 0%, 24.7%)

LAB

lab(41.52, 58.98, -56.2)

LCH

lch(41.52, 81.47, 316.38)

OKLCH

oklch(52.2%, 0.2083, 310.21)

HWB

hwb(278.3, 21.2%, 24.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#68c036

Analogous

#4936c0

#8e36c0

#c036ad

Triadic

#8e36c0

#c08e36

#36c08e

Split-complementary

#8e36c0

#adc036

#36c049

Tetradic

#8e36c0

#c03668

#68c036

#36c08e

Square

#8e36c0

#c04936

#68c036

#36adc0

Shades

Color #8e36c0 mixed toward black.

#762da0

#5f2480

#471b60

#2f1240

#180920

Tints

Color #8e36c0 mixed toward white.

#a253cf

#b576d8

#c798e2

#dabaec

#ecddf5

Tones

Color #8e36c0 mixed toward gray.

#8b41b4

#884da9

#84589d

#816492

#7e6f86

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.44:1

White text reads better on this background (6.11:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7272ab · ΔE 18.5

Deuteranopia

#777ca6 · ΔE 22.1

Tritanopia

#8b9894 · ΔE 34.8

Achromatopsia

#626262 · ΔE 28.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e36c0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e36c0]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8e36c0 (#8e36c0) is rgb(142, 54, 192) in RGB.

No, #8e36c0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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