#8e59a0

Color #8e59a0

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 21.34 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 12.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8e59a0

RGB

rgb(142, 89, 160)

HSL

hsl(284.8, 28.5%, 48.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(284.8, 44.4%, 62.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.2%, 44.4%, 0%, 37.3%)

LAB

lab(46.22, 34.41, -29.88)

LCH

lch(46.22, 45.57, 319.03)

OKLCH

oklch(55.1%, 0.1214, 317.17)

HWB

hwb(284.8, 34.9%, 37.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6ba059

Analogous

#6a59a0

#8e59a0

#a0598e

Triadic

#8e59a0

#a08e59

#59a08e

Split-complementary

#8e59a0

#8ea059

#59a06a

Tetradic

#8e59a0

#a0596b

#6ba059

#59a08e

Square

#8e59a0

#a06a59

#6ba059

#598ea0

Shades

Color #8e59a0 mixed toward black.

#764a85

#5f3b6b

#472c50

#2f1e35

#180f1b

Tints

Color #8e59a0 mixed toward white.

#a173b1

#b48fc1

#c7abd0

#dac7e0

#ece3ef

Tones

Color #8e59a0 mixed toward gray.

#8b5f9a

#886594

#856b8e

#827188

#7f7782

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.09:1

White text reads better on this background (5.14:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7a93 · ΔE 16.1

Deuteranopia

#7d818f · ΔE 19.8

Tritanopia

#8c8784 · ΔE 26.7

Achromatopsia

#6d6d6d · ΔE 23.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8e59a0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e59a0]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#8e59a0 (#8e59a0) is rgb(142, 89, 160) in RGB.

No, #8e59a0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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