#8e44d5

Color #8e44d5

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 8.17 Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8e44d5

RGB

rgb(142, 68, 213)

HSL

hsl(270.6, 63.3%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270.6, 68.1%, 83.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.3%, 68.1%, 0%, 16.5%)

LAB

lab(45.21, 57.52, -62.39)

LCH

lch(45.21, 84.86, 312.67)

OKLCH

oklch(55.3%, 0.2127, 303.47)

HWB

hwb(270.6, 26.7%, 16.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8bd544

Analogous

#4544d5

#8e44d5

#d544d4

Triadic

#8e44d5

#d58e44

#44d58e

Split-complementary

#8e44d5

#d4d544

#44d545

Tetradic

#8e44d5

#d5448b

#8bd544

#44d58e

Square

#8e44d5

#d54544

#8bd544

#44d4d5

Shades

Color #8e44d5 mixed toward black.

#772bbf

#5f2299

#471a73

#2f114c

#180926

Tints

Color #8e44d5 mixed toward white.

#a163dc

#b482e3

#c6a2ea

#d9c1f1

#ece0f8

Tones

Color #8e44d5 mixed toward gray.

#8e50c9

#8d5cbd

#8d68b1

#8d74a5

#8d8099

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.94:1

White text reads better on this background (5.33:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7575bf · ΔE 15.5

Deuteranopia

#797db9 · ΔE 18.3

Tritanopia

#8baaa5 · ΔE 36.1

Achromatopsia

#6b6b6b · ΔE 29.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e44d5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e44d5]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#8e44d5 (#8e44d5) is rgb(142, 68, 213) in RGB.

No, #8e44d5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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