#8400c9

Color #8400c9

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 5.02 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 2.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8400c9

RGB

rgb(132, 0, 201)

HSL

hsl(279.4, 100%, 39.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.4, 100%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.3%, 100%, 0%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(36.22, 72.59, -70.16)

LCH

lch(36.22, 100.95, 315.98)

OKLCH

oklch(48.4%, 0.2494, 306.64)

HWB

hwb(279.4, 0%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#45c900

Analogous

#1f00c9

#8400c9

#c900a9

Triadic

#8400c9

#c98400

#00c984

Split-complementary

#8400c9

#a9c900

#00c91f

Tetradic

#8400c9

#c90045

#45c900

#00c984

Square

#8400c9

#c91f00

#45c900

#00a9c9

Shades

Color #8400c9 mixed toward black.

#6e00a7

#580086

#420064

#2c0043

#160021

Tints

Color #8400c9 mixed toward white.

#a600fc

#b831ff

#ca64ff

#dc98ff

#edcbff

Tones

Color #8400c9 mixed toward gray.

#7f11b8

#7921a7

#743297

#6f4386

#6a5475

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.82:1

White text reads better on this background (7.43:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6564b2 · ΔE 18.7

Deuteranopia

#6a70ab · ΔE 22.9

Tritanopia

#819c96 · ΔE 40.7

Achromatopsia

#555555 · ΔE 30.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8400c9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8400c9]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#8400c9 (#8400c9) is rgb(132, 0, 201) in RGB.

No, #8400c9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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