#8550ff

Color #8550ff

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 12.55 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 1.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8550ff

RGB

rgb(133, 80, 255)

HSL

hsl(258.2, 100%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(258.2, 68.6%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(47.8%, 68.6%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(49.43, 60.63, -79.27)

LCH

lch(49.43, 99.8, 307.41)

OKLCH

oklch(59.1%, 0.2433, 290.92)

HWB

hwb(258.2, 31.4%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#caff50

Analogous

#5072ff

#8550ff

#dd50ff

Triadic

#8550ff

#ff8550

#50ff85

Split-complementary

#8550ff

#ffdd50

#72ff50

Tetradic

#8550ff

#ff50ca

#caff50

#50ff85

Square

#8550ff

#ff5072

#caff50

#50ffdd

Shades

Color #8550ff mixed toward black.

#5e18ff

#4400df

#3300a8

#220070

#110038

Tints

Color #8550ff mixed toward white.

#996dff

#ae8aff

#c2a8ff

#d6c5ff

#ebe2ff

Tones

Color #8550ff mixed toward gray.

#8b5ff0

#916de2

#967cd3

#9c8ac5

#a299b6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.59:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7271e4 · ΔE 9.8

Deuteranopia

#7578dd · ΔE 12

Tritanopia

#83ccc6 · ΔE 42.4

Achromatopsia

#757575 · ΔE 30.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8550ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8550ff]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#8550ff (#8550ff) is rgb(133, 80, 255) in RGB.

No, #8550ff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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