#8f48d3

Color #8f48d3

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 10.11 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8f48d3

RGB

rgb(143, 72, 211)

HSL

hsl(270.6, 61.2%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270.6, 65.9%, 82.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.2%, 65.9%, 0%, 17.3%)

LAB

lab(45.88, 55.35, -60.16)

LCH

lch(45.88, 81.75, 312.62)

OKLCH

oklch(55.8%, 0.2057, 303.86)

HWB

hwb(270.6, 28.2%, 17.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8cd348

Analogous

#4948d3

#8f48d3

#d348d2

Triadic

#8f48d3

#d38f48

#48d38f

Split-complementary

#8f48d3

#d2d348

#48d349

Tetradic

#8f48d3

#d3488c

#8cd348

#48d38f

Square

#8f48d3

#d34948

#8cd348

#48d2d3

Shades

Color #8f48d3 mixed toward black.

#772ebe

#602598

#481b72

#30124c

#180926

Tints

Color #8f48d3 mixed toward white.

#a267da

#b485e2

#c7a4e9

#dac2f0

#ece1f8

Tones

Color #8f48d3 mixed toward gray.

#8f54c7

#8e5fbc

#8e6bb0

#8e76a5

#8e8299

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.04:1

White text reads better on this background (5.2:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7776bd · ΔE 15

Deuteranopia

#7a7fb7 · ΔE 18.3

Tritanopia

#8ca9a4 · ΔE 35.3

Achromatopsia

#6d6d6d · ΔE 28.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8f48d3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8f48d3]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#8f48d3 (#8f48d3) is rgb(143, 72, 211) in RGB.

No, #8f48d3 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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