#8e5fac

Color #8e5fac

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 17.83 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 13.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8e5fac

RGB

rgb(142, 95, 172)

HSL

hsl(276.6, 31.7%, 52.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.6, 44.8%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.4%, 44.8%, 0%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(48.15, 33.67, -33.92)

LCH

lch(48.15, 47.79, 314.79)

OKLCH

oklch(56.7%, 0.125, 311.11)

HWB

hwb(276.6, 37.3%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7dac5f

Analogous

#685fac

#8e5fac

#ac5fa4

Triadic

#8e5fac

#ac8e5f

#5fac8e

Split-complementary

#8e5fac

#a4ac5f

#5fac68

Tetradic

#8e5fac

#ac5f7d

#7dac5f

#5fac8e

Square

#8e5fac

#ac685f

#7dac5f

#5fa4ac

Shades

Color #8e5fac mixed toward black.

#774c93

#5f3d75

#472e58

#301e3b

#180f1d

Tints

Color #8e5fac mixed toward white.

#a17aba

#b494c8

#c7afd6

#d9cae3

#ece4f1

Tones

Color #8e5fac mixed toward gray.

#8d66a6

#8b6c9f

#8a7299

#887992

#877f8c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.38:1

White text reads better on this background (4.79:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7c9e · ΔE 13.7

Deuteranopia

#7f829a · ΔE 16.6

Tritanopia

#8c918e · ΔE 27.2

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 24

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e5fac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e5fac]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8e5fac (#8e5fac) is rgb(142, 95, 172) in RGB.

No, #8e5fac is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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