#8916de

Color #8916de

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 5.27 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 2

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Conversions

HEX

#8916de

RGB

rgb(137, 22, 222)

HSL

hsl(274.5, 82%, 47.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.5, 90.1%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.3%, 90.1%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(39.86, 74.31, -76.3)

LCH

lch(39.86, 106.51, 314.24)

OKLCH

oklch(51.6%, 0.2599, 302.94)

HWB

hwb(274.5, 8.6%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6bde16

Analogous

#2516de

#8916de

#de16cf

Triadic

#8916de

#de8916

#16de89

Split-complementary

#8916de

#cfde16

#16de25

Tetradic

#8916de

#de166b

#6bde16

#16de89

Square

#8916de

#de2516

#6bde16

#16cfde

Shades

Color #8916de mixed toward black.

#7212b9

#5b0f94

#440b6f

#2e074a

#170425

Tints

Color #8916de mixed toward white.

#9e35eb

#b15def

#c586f3

#d8aef7

#ecd7fb

Tones

Color #8916de mixed toward gray.

#8627cd

#8437bd

#8148ac

#7f599b

#7c698b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.5:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.23:1

White text reads better on this background (6.5:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6ac5 · ΔE 17.8

Deuteranopia

#6f75be · ΔE 21.5

Tritanopia

#86ada7 · ΔE 42

Achromatopsia

#5e5e5e · ΔE 31.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8916de;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8916de]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8916de (#8916de) is rgb(137, 22, 222) in RGB.

No, #8916de is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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