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#800080

Purple Color

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Traditionally associated with royalty, since the original Tyrian purple dye was extremely expensive to produce.

Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-900 #721378 · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#800080

RGB

rgb(128, 0, 128)

HSL

hsl(300, 100%, 25.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(300, 100%, 50.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 100%, 0%, 49.8%)

LAB

lab(29.78, 58.93, -36.49)

LCH

lch(29.78, 69.31, 328.23)

OKLCH

oklch(42.1%, 0.1935, 328.36)

HWB

hwb(300, 0%, 49.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#008000

Analogous

#400080

#800080

#800040

Triadic

#800080

#808000

#008080

Split-complementary

#800080

#408000

#008040

Tetradic

#800080

#800000

#008000

#008080

Square

#800080

#804000

#008000

#004080

Shades

Purple Color mixed toward black.

#6b006b

#550055

#400040

#2b002b

#150015

Tints

Purple Color mixed toward white.

#c000c0

#ff00ff

#ff40ff

#ff80ff

#ffbfff

Tones

Purple Color mixed toward gray.

#750b75

#6b156b

#602060

#552b55

#4b354b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.23:1

White text reads better on this background (9.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#626171 · ΔE 24.9

Deuteranopia

#676c6c · ΔE 22.6

Tritanopia

#7d625f · ΔE 28.6

Achromatopsia

#464646 · ΔE 27.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #800080;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#800080]

Related colors

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Thistle #d8bfd8

Violet #ee82ee

Orchid #da70d6

Frequently asked questions

Purple (#800080) is rgb(128, 0, 128) in RGB.

No, #800080 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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