#8f40c1

Color #8f40c1

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 11.88 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#8f40c1

RGB

rgb(143, 64, 193)

HSL

hsl(276.7, 51%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.7, 66.8%, 75.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.9%, 66.8%, 0%, 24.3%)

LAB

lab(43.3, 55.01, -53.91)

LCH

lch(43.3, 77.02, 315.58)

OKLCH

oklch(53.5%, 0.1972, 309.38)

HWB

hwb(276.7, 25.1%, 24.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#72c140

Analogous

#4e40c1

#8f40c1

#c140b3

Triadic

#8f40c1

#c18f40

#40c18f

Split-complementary

#8f40c1

#b3c140

#40c14e

Tetradic

#8f40c1

#c14072

#72c140

#40c18f

Square

#8f40c1

#c14e40

#72c140

#40b3c1

Shades

Color #8f40c1 mixed toward black.

#7734a2

#5f2a81

#481f61

#301541

#180a20

Tints

Color #8f40c1 mixed toward white.

#a260cb

#b480d6

#c7a0e0

#dabfea

#ecdff5

Tones

Color #8f40c1 mixed toward gray.

#8d4bb6

#8a56ac

#8860a1

#856b96

#83768b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.67:1

White text reads better on this background (5.72:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7574ad · ΔE 17.2

Deuteranopia

#797ea7 · ΔE 20.9

Tritanopia

#8c9a96 · ΔE 33.6

Achromatopsia

#666666 · ΔE 28.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8f40c1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8f40c1]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8f40c1 (#8f40c1) is rgb(143, 64, 193) in RGB.

No, #8f40c1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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