#8f65ab

Color #8f65ab

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 20.81 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 14.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8f65ab

RGB

rgb(143, 101, 171)

HSL

hsl(276, 29.4%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276, 40.9%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.4%, 40.9%, 0%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(49.6, 30.3, -31.06)

LCH

lch(49.6, 43.39, 314.29)

OKLCH

oklch(57.8%, 0.1137, 310.83)

HWB

hwb(276, 39.6%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#81ab65

Analogous

#6c65ab

#8f65ab

#ab65a4

Triadic

#8f65ab

#ab8f65

#65ab8f

Split-complementary

#8f65ab

#a4ab65

#65ab6c

Tetradic

#8f65ab

#ab6581

#81ab65

#65ab8f

Square

#8f65ab

#ab6c65

#81ab65

#65a4ab

Shades

Color #8f65ab mixed toward black.

#785093

#604075

#483058

#30203b

#18101d

Tints

Color #8f65ab mixed toward white.

#a27fb9

#b498c7

#c7b2d5

#dacce3

#ece5f1

Tones

Color #8f65ab mixed toward gray.

#8e6ba5

#8d719f

#8b7699

#8a7c94

#89828e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.62:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f7f9e · ΔE 13.2

Deuteranopia

#81849a · ΔE 16

Tritanopia

#8d928f · ΔE 26.2

Achromatopsia

#767676 · ΔE 23.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8f65ab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8f65ab]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8f65ab (#8f65ab) is rgb(143, 101, 171) in RGB.

No, #8f65ab 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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