#8f53cd

Color #8f53cd

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 13.04 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#8f53cd

RGB

rgb(143, 83, 205)

HSL

hsl(269.5, 55%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(269.5, 59.5%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.2%, 59.5%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(47.54, 48.34, -54.03)

LCH

lch(47.54, 72.5, 311.82)

OKLCH

oklch(56.8%, 0.1838, 303.78)

HWB

hwb(269.5, 32.5%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#91cd53

Analogous

#5354cd

#8f53cd

#cc53cd

Triadic

#8f53cd

#cd8f53

#53cd8f

Split-complementary

#8f53cd

#cdcc53

#54cd53

Tetradic

#8f53cd

#cd5391

#91cd53

#53cd8f

Square

#8f53cd

#cd5354

#91cd53

#53cdcc

Shades

Color #8f53cd mixed toward black.

#7736ba

#5f2b95

#472070

#30164a

#180b25

Tints

Color #8f53cd mixed toward white.

#a270d5

#b48cde

#c7a9e6

#dac6ee

#ece2f7

Tones

Color #8f53cd mixed toward gray.

#8f5dc3

#8f67b9

#9072af

#907ca4

#90869a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.29:1

White text reads better on this background (4.9:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a79b9 · ΔE 13.7

Deuteranopia

#7d81b3 · ΔE 16.7

Tritanopia

#8da6a2 · ΔE 32.5

Achromatopsia

#717171 · ΔE 27.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8f53cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8f53cd]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#8f53cd (#8f53cd) is rgb(143, 83, 205) in RGB.

No, #8f53cd 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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