#8f59b4

Color #8f59b4

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 12.97 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 11.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8f59b4

RGB

rgb(143, 89, 180)

HSL

hsl(275.6, 37.8%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.6, 50.6%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.6%, 50.6%, 0%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(47.34, 39.18, -39.87)

LCH

lch(47.34, 55.9, 314.5)

OKLCH

oklch(56.2%, 0.1453, 309.89)

HWB

hwb(275.6, 34.9%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7eb459

Analogous

#6159b4

#8f59b4

#b459ab

Triadic

#8f59b4

#b48f59

#59b48f

Split-complementary

#8f59b4

#abb459

#59b461

Tetradic

#8f59b4

#b4597e

#7eb459

#59b48f

Square

#8f59b4

#b46159

#7eb459

#59abb4

Shades

Color #8f59b4 mixed toward black.

#78469a

#60387b

#482a5d

#301c3e

#180e1f

Tints

Color #8f59b4 mixed toward white.

#a274c0

#b490cd

#c7acd9

#dac8e6

#ece3f2

Tones

Color #8f59b4 mixed toward gray.

#8d60ac

#8c68a5

#8b709d

#897796

#887f8e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.26:1

White text reads better on this background (4.93:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7ba4 · ΔE 14.5

Deuteranopia

#7e82a0 · ΔE 17.3

Tritanopia

#8d9592 · ΔE 28.5

Achromatopsia

#707070 · ΔE 25.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8f59b4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8f59b4]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8f59b4 (#8f59b4) is rgb(143, 89, 180) in RGB.

No, #8f59b4 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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