#840bc2

Color #840bc2

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 8.41 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#840bc2

RGB

rgb(132, 11, 194)

HSL

hsl(279.7, 89.3%, 40.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.7, 94.3%, 76.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(32%, 94.3%, 0%, 23.9%)

LAB

lab(36.06, 69.84, -66.32)

LCH

lch(36.06, 96.31, 316.48)

OKLCH

oklch(48.2%, 0.2403, 308.17)

HWB

hwb(279.7, 4.3%, 23.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#49c20b

Analogous

#290bc2

#840bc2

#c20ba4

Triadic

#840bc2

#c2840b

#0bc284

Split-complementary

#840bc2

#a4c20b

#0bc229

Tetradic

#840bc2

#c20b49

#49c20b

#0bc284

Square

#840bc2

#c2290b

#49c20b

#0ba4c2

Shades

Color #840bc2 mixed toward black.

#6e09a2

#580781

#420561

#2c0441

#160220

Tints

Color #840bc2 mixed toward white.

#a50ef1

#b73ff4

#c96ff7

#db9ffa

#edcffc

Tones

Color #840bc2 mixed toward gray.

#7f1ab3

#7a29a4

#753994

#704885

#6b5776

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.81:1

White text reads better on this background (7.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6665ab · ΔE 19.1

Deuteranopia

#6a70a5 · ΔE 23

Tritanopia

#819791 · ΔE 39.5

Achromatopsia

#555555 · ΔE 30.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #840bc2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#840bc2]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#840bc2 (#840bc2) is rgb(132, 11, 194) in RGB.

No, #840bc2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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