#8400ef

Color #8400ef

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 15.53 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8400ef

RGB

rgb(132, 0, 239)

HSL

hsl(273.1, 100%, 46.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(273.1, 100%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.8%, 100%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(39.81, 80.19, -86.09)

LCH

lch(39.81, 117.65, 312.97)

OKLCH

oklch(51.9%, 0.2801, 298.21)

HWB

hwb(273.1, 0%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6bef00

Analogous

#0c00ef

#8400ef

#ef00e3

Triadic

#8400ef

#ef8400

#00ef84

Split-complementary

#8400ef

#e3ef00

#00ef0c

Tetradic

#8400ef

#ef006b

#6bef00

#00ef84

Square

#8400ef

#ef0c00

#6bef00

#00e3ef

Shades

Color #8400ef mixed toward black.

#6e00c7

#58009f

#420078

#2c0050

#160028

Tints

Color #8400ef mixed toward white.

#9a1dff

#ae4aff

#c278ff

#d7a5ff

#ebd2ff

Tones

Color #8400ef mixed toward gray.

#8214db

#8028c7

#7e3cb3

#7c509f

#7a648c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.23:1

White text reads better on this background (6.51:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6564d3 · ΔE 16.1

Deuteranopia

#6a70cc · ΔE 19.9

Tritanopia

#81bab3 · ΔE 45.9

Achromatopsia

#5e5e5e · ΔE 32.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8400ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8400ef]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#8400ef (#8400ef) is rgb(132, 0, 239) in RGB.

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

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