#8240d9

Color #8240d9

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 10.37 Nearest Tailwind class violet-600 #7f22fe · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8240d9

RGB

rgb(130, 64, 217)

HSL

hsl(265.9, 66.8%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(265.9, 70.5%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.1%, 70.5%, 0%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(43.39, 58.09, -67.7)

LCH

lch(43.39, 89.21, 310.63)

OKLCH

oklch(53.8%, 0.2197, 298.34)

HWB

hwb(265.9, 25.1%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97d940

Analogous

#404ad9

#8240d9

#cf40d9

Triadic

#8240d9

#d98240

#40d982

Split-complementary

#8240d9

#d9cf40

#4ad940

Tetradic

#8240d9

#d94097

#97d940

#40d982

Square

#8240d9

#d9404a

#97d940

#40d9cf

Shades

Color #8240d9 mixed toward black.

#6a27c3

#551f9c

#401775

#2b104e

#150827

Tints

Color #8240d9 mixed toward white.

#9760df

#ac80e6

#c1a0ec

#d5bff2

#eadff9

Tones

Color #8240d9 mixed toward gray.

#844dcc

#865abf

#8766b3

#8973a6

#8b8099

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.68:1

White text reads better on this background (5.7:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6c6bc2 · ΔE 13.1

Deuteranopia

#6f73bc · ΔE 15.9

Tritanopia

#80ada7 · ΔE 39.3

Achromatopsia

#666666 · ΔE 29.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8240d9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8240d9]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Purple #9370db

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#8240d9 (#8240d9) is rgb(130, 64, 217) in RGB.

No, #8240d9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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