#8800ec

Color #8800ec

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 13.81 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 2.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8800ec

RGB

rgb(136, 0, 236)

HSL

hsl(274.6, 100%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.6, 100%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.4%, 100%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(40.06, 79.93, -83.95)

LCH

lch(40.06, 115.92, 313.59)

OKLCH

oklch(52.1%, 0.278, 300.16)

HWB

hwb(274.6, 0%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#64ec00

Analogous

#1200ec

#8800ec

#ec00da

Triadic

#8800ec

#ec8800

#00ec88

Split-complementary

#8800ec

#daec00

#00ec12

Tetradic

#8800ec

#ec0064

#64ec00

#00ec88

Square

#8800ec

#ec1200

#64ec00

#00daec

Shades

Color #8800ec mixed toward black.

#7100c5

#5b009d

#440076

#2d004f

#170027

Tints

Color #8800ec mixed toward white.

#9e1bff

#b248ff

#c576ff

#d8a4ff

#ecd1ff

Tones

Color #8800ec mixed toward gray.

#8514d8

#8227c5

#7f3bb1

#7c4f9d

#79628a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.26:1

White text reads better on this background (6.45:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6868d1 · ΔE 17.3

Deuteranopia

#6d73c9 · ΔE 20.9

Tritanopia

#85b7b1 · ΔE 44.4

Achromatopsia

#5e5e5e · ΔE 32.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8800ec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8800ec]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8800ec (#8800ec) is rgb(136, 0, 236) in RGB.

No, #8800ec is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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