#8231b7

Color #8231b7

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 10.6 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8231b7

RGB

rgb(130, 49, 183)

HSL

hsl(276.3, 57.8%, 45.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.3, 73.2%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(29%, 73.2%, 0%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(38.48, 56.74, -55.91)

LCH

lch(38.48, 79.66, 315.42)

OKLCH

oklch(49.5%, 0.2019, 308.22)

HWB

hwb(276.3, 19.2%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#66b731

Analogous

#3f31b7

#8231b7

#b731a9

Triadic

#8231b7

#b78231

#31b782

Split-complementary

#8231b7

#a9b731

#31b73f

Tetradic

#8231b7

#b73166

#66b731

#31b782

Square

#8231b7

#b73f31

#66b731

#31a9b7

Shades

Color #8231b7 mixed toward black.

#6c2999

#57217a

#41185c

#2b103d

#16081f

Tints

Color #8231b7 mixed toward white.

#9948ce

#ae6dd8

#c291e2

#d6b6eb

#ebdaf5

Tones

Color #8231b7 mixed toward gray.

#803cac

#7d47a1

#7b5296

#795e8a

#76697f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.07:1

White text reads better on this background (6.84:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6968a3 · ΔE 17

Deuteranopia

#6c719e · ΔE 20.3

Tritanopia

#7f918c · ΔE 35.3

Achromatopsia

#5b5b5b · ΔE 28.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8231b7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8231b7]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8231b7 (#8231b7) is rgb(130, 49, 183) in RGB.

No, #8231b7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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