#8700ef

Color #8700ef

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 15.15 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8700ef

RGB

rgb(135, 0, 239)

HSL

hsl(273.9, 100%, 46.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(273.9, 100%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.5%, 100%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(40.22, 80.45, -85.4)

LCH

lch(40.22, 117.33, 313.29)

OKLCH

oklch(52.3%, 0.2804, 299.23)

HWB

hwb(273.9, 0%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#68ef00

Analogous

#1000ef

#8700ef

#ef00e0

Triadic

#8700ef

#ef8700

#00ef87

Split-complementary

#8700ef

#e0ef00

#00ef10

Tetradic

#8700ef

#ef0068

#68ef00

#00ef87

Square

#8700ef

#ef1000

#68ef00

#00e0ef

Shades

Color #8700ef mixed toward black.

#7100c7

#5a009f

#440078

#2d0050

#170028

Tints

Color #8700ef mixed toward white.

#9d1dff

#b04aff

#c478ff

#d8a5ff

#ebd2ff

Tones

Color #8700ef mixed toward gray.

#8514db

#8228c7

#7f3cb3

#7d509f

#7a648c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.28:1

White text reads better on this background (6.41:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6867d3 · ΔE 16.8

Deuteranopia

#6c72cc · ΔE 20.4

Tritanopia

#84bab3 · ΔE 45.4

Achromatopsia

#5f5f5f · ΔE 32.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8700ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8700ef]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8700ef (#8700ef) is rgb(135, 0, 239) in RGB.

No, #8700ef is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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