#8912e9

Color #8912e9

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 10.03 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 2.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8912e9

RGB

rgb(137, 18, 233)

HSL

hsl(273.2, 85.7%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(273.2, 92.3%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.2%, 92.3%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(40.63, 77.28, -81.31)

LCH

lch(40.63, 112.18, 313.54)

OKLCH

oklch(52.5%, 0.2708, 300.73)

HWB

hwb(273.2, 7.1%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#72e912

Analogous

#1d12e9

#8912e9

#e912de

Triadic

#8912e9

#e98912

#12e989

Split-complementary

#8912e9

#dee912

#12e91d

Tetradic

#8912e9

#e91272

#72e912

#12e989

Square

#8912e9

#e91d12

#72e912

#12dee9

Shades

Color #8912e9 mixed toward black.

#720fc2

#5b0c9b

#440974

#2e064e

#170327

Tints

Color #8912e9 mixed toward white.

#9d37f0

#b15ff3

#c487f6

#d8aff9

#ebd7fc

Tones

Color #8912e9 mixed toward gray.

#8724d7

#8536c5

#8348b3

#815aa1

#7f6c8f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.33:1

White text reads better on this background (6.31:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a69ce · ΔE 16.9

Deuteranopia

#6f75c7 · ΔE 20.9

Tritanopia

#86b5af · ΔE 43.4

Achromatopsia

#606060 · ΔE 31.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8912e9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8912e9]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#8912e9 (#8912e9) is rgb(137, 18, 233) in RGB.

No, #8912e9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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