#8e57c8

Color #8e57c8

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 10.63 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8e57c8

RGB

rgb(142, 87, 200)

HSL

hsl(269.2, 50.7%, 56.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(269.2, 56.5%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(29%, 56.5%, 0%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(47.93, 44.75, -50.54)

LCH

lch(47.93, 67.5, 311.52)

OKLCH

oklch(57%, 0.1718, 303.92)

HWB

hwb(269.2, 34.1%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#91c857

Analogous

#5759c8

#8e57c8

#c757c8

Triadic

#8e57c8

#c88e57

#57c88e

Split-complementary

#8e57c8

#c8c757

#59c857

Tetradic

#8e57c8

#c85791

#91c857

#57c88e

Square

#8e57c8

#c85759

#91c857

#57c8c7

Shades

Color #8e57c8 mixed toward black.

#763bb4

#5e2f90

#47236c

#2f1848

#180c24

Tints

Color #8e57c8 mixed toward white.

#a173d1

#b48fda

#c7abe4

#d9c7ed

#ece3f6

Tones

Color #8e57c8 mixed toward gray.

#8e60bf

#8f6ab5

#8f73ac

#8f7da2

#8f8699

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.35:1

White text reads better on this background (4.83:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a7ab5 · ΔE 13.4

Deuteranopia

#7d81b0 · ΔE 15.9

Tritanopia

#8ca49f · ΔE 32.4

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 26.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8e57c8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e57c8]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#8e57c8 (#8e57c8) is rgb(142, 87, 200) in RGB.

No, #8e57c8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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