#8e59cd

Color #8e59cd

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 10.5 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#8e59cd

RGB

rgb(142, 89, 205)

HSL

hsl(267.4, 53.7%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(267.4, 56.6%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.7%, 56.6%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(48.64, 44.89, -52.27)

LCH

lch(48.64, 68.9, 310.66)

OKLCH

oklch(57.6%, 0.1748, 302.31)

HWB

hwb(267.4, 34.9%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#98cd59

Analogous

#595ecd

#8e59cd

#c859cd

Triadic

#8e59cd

#cd8e59

#59cd8e

Split-complementary

#8e59cd

#cdc859

#5ecd59

Tetradic

#8e59cd

#cd5998

#98cd59

#59cd8e

Square

#8e59cd

#cd595e

#98cd59

#59cdc8

Shades

Color #8e59cd mixed toward black.

#7539bc

#5d2d97

#462271

#2f174b

#170b26

Tints

Color #8e59cd mixed toward white.

#a175d5

#b490de

#c6ace6

#d9c8ee

#ece3f7

Tones

Color #8e59cd mixed toward gray.

#8f62c3

#906cba

#9076b0

#9180a6

#92899d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.46:1

White text reads better on this background (4.71:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7ab9 · ΔE 12.5

Deuteranopia

#7d81b4 · ΔE 15.2

Tritanopia

#8ca8a3 · ΔE 32.8

Achromatopsia

#737373 · ΔE 27.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e59cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e59cd]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#8e59cd (#8e59cd) is rgb(142, 89, 205) in RGB.

No, #8e59cd 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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