#8f00a9

Color #8f00a9

A vivid, highly saturated dark magenta.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 11.43 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-800 #8a0194 · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8f00a9

RGB

rgb(143, 0, 169)

HSL

hsl(290.8, 100%, 33.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(290.8, 100%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.4%, 100%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(35.41, 68.11, -52.46)

LCH

lch(35.41, 85.97, 322.4)

OKLCH

oklch(47.4%, 0.2281, 319.61)

HWB

hwb(290.8, 0%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1aa900

Analogous

#3b00a9

#8f00a9

#a9006e

Triadic

#8f00a9

#a98f00

#00a98f

Split-complementary

#8f00a9

#6ea900

#00a93b

Tetradic

#8f00a9

#a9001a

#1aa900

#00a98f

Square

#8f00a9

#a93b00

#1aa900

#006ea9

Shades

Color #8f00a9 mixed toward black.

#77008d

#5f0071

#470054

#300038

#18001c

Tints

Color #8f00a9 mixed toward white.

#bf00e2

#dc1cff

#e554ff

#ee8dff

#f6c6ff

Tones

Color #8f00a9 mixed toward gray.

#850e9b

#7b1c8d

#722a7f

#683871

#5e4662

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.74:1

White text reads better on this background (7.66:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6d95 · ΔE 23.6

Deuteranopia

#737990 · ΔE 27.6

Tritanopia

#8c827e · ΔE 36

Achromatopsia

#535353 · ΔE 29.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8f00a9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8f00a9]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Frequently asked questions

#8f00a9 (#8f00a9) is rgb(143, 0, 169) in RGB.

No, #8f00a9 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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