#8e53a1

Color #8e53a1

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 19.64 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 10.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8e53a1

RGB

rgb(142, 83, 161)

HSL

hsl(285.4, 32%, 47.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(285.4, 48.4%, 63.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.8%, 48.4%, 0%, 36.9%)

LAB

lab(44.96, 37.98, -32.45)

LCH

lch(44.96, 49.95, 319.49)

OKLCH

oklch(54.1%, 0.1331, 317.5)

HWB

hwb(285.4, 32.5%, 36.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#66a153

Analogous

#6753a1

#8e53a1

#a1538d

Triadic

#8e53a1

#a18e53

#53a18e

Split-complementary

#8e53a1

#8da153

#53a167

Tetradic

#8e53a1

#a15366

#66a153

#53a18e

Square

#8e53a1

#a16753

#66a153

#538da1

Shades

Color #8e53a1 mixed toward black.

#764586

#5f376b

#472950

#2f1c36

#180e1b

Tints

Color #8e53a1 mixed toward white.

#a26db4

#b58ac3

#c7a7d2

#dac4e1

#ece2f0

Tones

Color #8e53a1 mixed toward gray.

#8b599a

#876094

#84668d

#816d87

#7d7380

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.9:1

White text reads better on this background (5.38:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#797893 · ΔE 16.8

Deuteranopia

#7c808f · ΔE 20.5

Tritanopia

#8c8683 · ΔE 27.6

Achromatopsia

#6a6a6a · ΔE 24.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e53a1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e53a1]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Frequently asked questions

#8e53a1 (#8e53a1) is rgb(142, 83, 161) in RGB.

No, #8e53a1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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