#8423ca

Color #8423ca

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 8.53 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8423ca

RGB

rgb(132, 35, 202)

HSL

hsl(274.9, 70.5%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.9, 82.7%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.7%, 82.7%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(38.5, 66.27, -67.01)

LCH

lch(38.5, 94.24, 314.68)

OKLCH

oklch(50%, 0.2336, 305.12)

HWB

hwb(274.9, 13.7%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#69ca23

Analogous

#3123ca

#8423ca

#ca23bd

Triadic

#8423ca

#ca8423

#23ca84

Split-complementary

#8423ca

#bdca23

#23ca31

Tetradic

#8423ca

#ca2369

#69ca23

#23ca84

Square

#8423ca

#ca3123

#69ca23

#23bdca

Shades

Color #8423ca mixed toward black.

#6e1da8

#581787

#421165

#2c0c43

#160622

Tints

Color #8423ca mixed toward white.

#9a3ddd

#af64e4

#c38beb

#d7b1f2

#ebd8f8

Tones

Color #8423ca mixed toward gray.

#8231bc

#803fae

#7d4da0

#7b5b92

#796985

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.07:1

White text reads better on this background (6.83:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6867b3 · ΔE 17.2

Deuteranopia

#6c71ad · ΔE 20.7

Tritanopia

#819e99 · ΔE 38.8

Achromatopsia

#5b5b5b · ΔE 30.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8423ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8423ca]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8423ca (#8423ca) is rgb(132, 35, 202) in RGB.

No, #8423ca is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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