#8f2ebd

Color #8f2ebd

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 5.96 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#8f2ebd

RGB

rgb(143, 46, 189)

HSL

hsl(280.7, 60.9%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280.7, 75.7%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.3%, 75.7%, 0%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(40.36, 61.67, -56.32)

LCH

lch(40.36, 83.52, 317.6)

OKLCH

oklch(51.3%, 0.2147, 312.05)

HWB

hwb(280.7, 18%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5cbd2e

Analogous

#472ebd

#8f2ebd

#bd2ea4

Triadic

#8f2ebd

#bd8f2e

#2ebd8f

Split-complementary

#8f2ebd

#a4bd2e

#2ebd47

Tetradic

#8f2ebd

#bd2e5c

#5cbd2e

#2ebd8f

Square

#8f2ebd

#bd472e

#5cbd2e

#2ea4bd

Shades

Color #8f2ebd mixed toward black.

#77269e

#5f1f7e

#48175f

#300f3f

#180820

Tints

Color #8f2ebd mixed toward white.

#a547d2

#b76cdb

#c990e4

#dbb5ed

#eddaf6

Tones

Color #8f2ebd mixed toward gray.

#8b3ab1

#8746a5

#825299

#7e5e8d

#7a6a81

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.29:1

White text reads better on this background (6.38:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7271a8 · ΔE 19.5

Deuteranopia

#767ca3 · ΔE 23.5

Tritanopia

#8c9590 · ΔE 36.7

Achromatopsia

#5f5f5f · ΔE 29

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8f2ebd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8f2ebd]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#8f2ebd (#8f2ebd) is rgb(143, 46, 189) in RGB.

No, #8f2ebd 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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