#8e45b7

Color #8e45b7

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 12.81 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8e45b7

RGB

rgb(142, 69, 183)

HSL

hsl(278.4, 45.2%, 49.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.4, 62.3%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.4%, 62.3%, 0%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(43.4, 50.17, -47.91)

LCH

lch(43.4, 69.37, 316.32)

OKLCH

oklch(53.4%, 0.1796, 311.3)

HWB

hwb(278.4, 27.1%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6eb745

Analogous

#5545b7

#8e45b7

#b745a7

Triadic

#8e45b7

#b78e45

#45b78e

Split-complementary

#8e45b7

#a7b745

#45b755

Tetradic

#8e45b7

#b7456e

#6eb745

#45b78e

Square

#8e45b7

#b75545

#6eb745

#45a7b7

Shades

Color #8e45b7 mixed toward black.

#763a98

#5f2e7a

#47235b

#2f173d

#180c1e

Tints

Color #8e45b7 mixed toward white.

#a163c4

#b482d0

#c7a1dc

#d9c1e7

#ece0f3

Tones

Color #8e45b7 mixed toward gray.

#8b4fad

#8958a4

#86629a

#836b91

#817487

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.69:1

White text reads better on this background (5.7:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7575a4 · ΔE 17.3

Deuteranopia

#797ea0 · ΔE 20.6

Tritanopia

#8b9490 · ΔE 32.6

Achromatopsia

#676767 · ΔE 27.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e45b7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e45b7]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8e45b7 (#8e45b7) is rgb(142, 69, 183) in RGB.

No, #8e45b7 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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