#8959cd

Color #8959cd

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 9.34 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8959cd

RGB

rgb(137, 89, 205)

HSL

hsl(264.8, 53.7%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(264.8, 56.6%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.2%, 56.6%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(48.1, 43.68, -53.17)

LCH

lch(48.1, 68.81, 309.4)

OKLCH

oklch(57.1%, 0.1738, 300.03)

HWB

hwb(264.8, 34.9%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9dcd59

Analogous

#5963cd

#8959cd

#c359cd

Triadic

#8959cd

#cd8959

#59cd89

Split-complementary

#8959cd

#cdc359

#63cd59

Tetradic

#8959cd

#cd599d

#9dcd59

#59cd89

Square

#8959cd

#cd5963

#9dcd59

#59cdc3

Shades

Color #8959cd mixed toward black.

#6f39bc

#592d97

#432271

#2c174b

#160b26

Tints

Color #8959cd mixed toward white.

#9d75d5

#b090de

#c4ace6

#d8c8ee

#ebe3f7

Tones

Color #8959cd mixed toward gray.

#8a62c3

#8c6cba

#8e76b0

#9080a6

#91899d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.37:1

White text reads better on this background (4.8:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7777b9 · ΔE 11.6

Deuteranopia

#7a7db4 · ΔE 13.8

Tritanopia

#87a8a3 · ΔE 33.4

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 27.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8959cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8959cd]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Frequently asked questions

#8959cd (#8959cd) is rgb(137, 89, 205) in RGB.

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

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