#821bb4

Color #821bb4

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 7.99 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#821bb4

RGB

rgb(130, 27, 180)

HSL

hsl(280.4, 73.9%, 40.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280.4, 85%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.8%, 85%, 0%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(35.65, 63.64, -58.75)

LCH

lch(35.65, 86.61, 317.29)

OKLCH

oklch(47.4%, 0.2198, 310.63)

HWB

hwb(280.4, 10.6%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4db41b

Analogous

#361bb4

#821bb4

#b41b9a

Triadic

#821bb4

#b4821b

#1bb482

Split-complementary

#821bb4

#9ab41b

#1bb436

Tetradic

#821bb4

#b41b4d

#4db41b

#1bb482

Square

#821bb4

#b4361b

#4db41b

#1b9ab4

Shades

Color #821bb4 mixed toward black.

#6c1796

#571278

#410e5a

#2b093c

#16051e

Tints

Color #821bb4 mixed toward white.

#a123de

#b44fe5

#c77beb

#d9a7f2

#ecd3f8

Tones

Color #821bb4 mixed toward gray.

#7e28a7

#79359b

#75418e

#704e81

#6c5b74

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.76:1

White text reads better on this background (7.59:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#65659f · ΔE 19.3

Deuteranopia

#6a6f9a · ΔE 22.7

Tritanopia

#7f8c88 · ΔE 35.6

Achromatopsia

#545454 · ΔE 29.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #821bb4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#821bb4]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#821bb4 (#821bb4) is rgb(130, 27, 180) in RGB.

No, #821bb4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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