#8740bb

Color #8740bb

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 13.9 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8740bb

RGB

rgb(135, 64, 187)

HSL

hsl(274.6, 49%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.6, 65.8%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.8%, 65.8%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(41.85, 51.9, -52.79)

LCH

lch(41.85, 74.03, 314.51)

OKLCH

oklch(52.1%, 0.1886, 307.61)

HWB

hwb(274.6, 25.1%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#74bb40

Analogous

#4940bb

#8740bb

#bb40b2

Triadic

#8740bb

#bb8740

#40bb87

Split-complementary

#8740bb

#b2bb40

#40bb49

Tetradic

#8740bb

#bb4074

#74bb40

#40bb87

Square

#8740bb

#bb4940

#74bb40

#40b2bb

Shades

Color #8740bb mixed toward black.

#70359c

#5a2b7d

#43205d

#2d153e

#160b1f

Tints

Color #8740bb mixed toward white.

#9b5ec8

#af7ed3

#c39ede

#d7bfe9

#ebdff4

Tones

Color #8740bb mixed toward gray.

#854ab1

#8454a6

#825f9c

#816992

#7f7388

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.48:1

White text reads better on this background (6.03:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6f6fa8 · ΔE 16.1

Deuteranopia

#7377a2 · ΔE 19.1

Tritanopia

#859691 · ΔE 34.2

Achromatopsia

#636363 · ΔE 27.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8740bb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8740bb]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8740bb (#8740bb) is rgb(135, 64, 187) in RGB.

No, #8740bb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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