#8700f0

Color #8700f0

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 15.57 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8700f0

RGB

rgb(135, 0, 240)

HSL

hsl(273.8, 100%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(273.8, 100%, 94.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.8%, 100%, 0%, 5.9%)

LAB

lab(40.31, 80.65, -85.81)

LCH

lch(40.31, 117.76, 313.22)

OKLCH

oklch(52.4%, 0.2812, 299.03)

HWB

hwb(273.8, 0%, 5.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#69f000

Analogous

#0f00f0

#8700f0

#f000e1

Triadic

#8700f0

#f08700

#00f087

Split-complementary

#8700f0

#e1f000

#00f00f

Tetradic

#8700f0

#f00069

#69f000

#00f087

Square

#8700f0

#f00f00

#69f000

#00e1f0

Shades

Color #8700f0 mixed toward black.

#7100c8

#5a00a0

#440078

#2d0050

#170028

Tints

Color #8700f0 mixed toward white.

#9d1eff

#b04bff

#c478ff

#d8a5ff

#ebd2ff

Tones

Color #8700f0 mixed toward gray.

#8514dc

#8228c8

#803cb4

#7d50a0

#7b648c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.29:1

White text reads better on this background (6.39:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6867d4 · ΔE 16.7

Deuteranopia

#6c72cd · ΔE 20.3

Tritanopia

#84bbb4 · ΔE 45.6

Achromatopsia

#5f5f5f · ΔE 32.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8700f0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8700f0]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#8700f0 (#8700f0) is rgb(135, 0, 240) in RGB.

No, #8700f0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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