#8959c7

Color #8959c7

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 9.02 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8959c7

RGB

rgb(137, 89, 199)

HSL

hsl(266.2, 49.5%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(266.2, 55.3%, 78%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.2%, 55.3%, 0%, 22%)

LAB

lab(47.73, 42.17, -50.3)

LCH

lch(47.73, 65.64, 309.98)

OKLCH

oklch(56.7%, 0.1665, 301.42)

HWB

hwb(266.2, 34.9%, 22%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97c759

Analogous

#5960c7

#8959c7

#c059c7

Triadic

#8959c7

#c78959

#59c789

Split-complementary

#8959c7

#c7c059

#60c759

Tetradic

#8959c7

#c75997

#97c759

#59c789

Square

#8959c7

#c75960

#97c759

#59c7c0

Shades

Color #8959c7 mixed toward black.

#713db3

#5a3190

#44246c

#2d1848

#170c24

Tints

Color #8959c7 mixed toward white.

#9d75d0

#b090da

#c4ace3

#d8c8ec

#ebe3f6

Tones

Color #8959c7 mixed toward gray.

#8a62be

#8b6bb5

#8d75ac

#8e7ea2

#8f8799

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.32:1

White text reads better on this background (4.86:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7777b4 · ΔE 11.9

Deuteranopia

#7a7daf · ΔE 14.1

Tritanopia

#87a39f · ΔE 31.6

Achromatopsia

#717171 · ΔE 26.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8959c7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8959c7]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Purple #9370db

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#8959c7 (#8959c7) is rgb(137, 89, 199) in RGB.

No, #8959c7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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