#8542a4

Color #8542a4

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 9.86 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8542a4

RGB

rgb(133, 66, 164)

HSL

hsl(281, 42.6%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281, 59.8%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.9%, 59.8%, 0%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(40.51, 45.23, -41.34)

LCH

lch(40.51, 61.28, 317.57)

OKLCH

oklch(50.6%, 0.1603, 313.69)

HWB

hwb(281, 25.9%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#61a442

Analogous

#5442a4

#8542a4

#a44292

Triadic

#8542a4

#a48542

#42a485

Split-complementary

#8542a4

#92a442

#42a454

Tetradic

#8542a4

#a44261

#61a442

#42a485

Square

#8542a4

#a45442

#61a442

#4292a4

Shades

Color #8542a4 mixed toward black.

#6f3789

#592c6d

#422152

#2c1637

#160b1b

Tints

Color #8542a4 mixed toward white.

#9d59bc

#b07ac9

#c49bd7

#d8bce4

#ebdef2

Tones

Color #8542a4 mixed toward gray.

#824a9c

#7f5294

#7c5b8c

#796383

#766b7b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.31:1

White text reads better on this background (6.34:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6e94 · ΔE 17

Deuteranopia

#72768f · ΔE 20.2

Tritanopia

#838581 · ΔE 34

Achromatopsia

#5f5f5f · ΔE 26.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8542a4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8542a4]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#8542a4 (#8542a4) is rgb(133, 66, 164) in RGB.

No, #8542a4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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