#8900eb

Color #8900eb

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 13.3 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 2.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8900eb

RGB

rgb(137, 0, 235)

HSL

hsl(275, 100%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275, 100%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.7%, 100%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(40.11, 79.82, -83.3)

LCH

lch(40.11, 115.37, 313.78)

OKLCH

oklch(52.2%, 0.2774, 300.72)

HWB

hwb(275, 0%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#62eb00

Analogous

#1400eb

#8900eb

#eb00d8

Triadic

#8900eb

#eb8900

#00eb89

Split-complementary

#8900eb

#d8eb00

#00eb14

Tetradic

#8900eb

#eb0062

#62eb00

#00eb89

Square

#8900eb

#eb1400

#62eb00

#00d8eb

Shades

Color #8900eb mixed toward black.

#7200c4

#5b009d

#450076

#2e004e

#170027

Tints

Color #8900eb mixed toward white.

#a01aff

#b348ff

#c676ff

#d9a3ff

#ecd1ff

Tones

Color #8900eb mixed toward gray.

#8614d8

#8327c4

#7f3bb0

#7c4e9d

#796289

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.26:1

White text reads better on this background (6.44:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6968d0 · ΔE 17.2

Deuteranopia

#6e74c9 · ΔE 21.2

Tritanopia

#86b7b0 · ΔE 44.7

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: #8900eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8900eb]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8900eb (#8900eb) is rgb(137, 0, 235) in RGB.

No, #8900eb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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