#8a03e3

Color #8a03e3

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 9.35 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 1.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8a03e3

RGB

rgb(138, 3, 227)

HSL

hsl(276.2, 97.4%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.2, 98.7%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.2%, 98.7%, 0%, 11%)

LAB

lab(39.6, 77.99, -79.57)

LCH

lch(39.6, 111.42, 314.43)

OKLCH

oklch(51.6%, 0.2703, 302.66)

HWB

hwb(276.2, 1.2%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5ce303

Analogous

#1a03e3

#8a03e3

#e303cc

Triadic

#8a03e3

#e38a03

#03e38a

Split-complementary

#8a03e3

#cce303

#03e31a

Tetradic

#8a03e3

#e3035c

#5ce303

#03e38a

Square

#8a03e3

#e31a03

#5ce303

#03cce3

Shades

Color #8a03e3 mixed toward black.

#7302bd

#5c0297

#450172

#2e014c

#170026

Tints

Color #8a03e3 mixed toward white.

#a219fc

#b447fd

#c775fd

#daa3fe

#ecd1fe

Tones

Color #8a03e3 mixed toward gray.

#8616d0

#8228be

#7f3bab

#7b4e98

#776086

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.2:1

White text reads better on this background (6.56:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a69c9 · ΔE 17.9

Deuteranopia

#6f75c2 · ΔE 22

Tritanopia

#87b0aa · ΔE 43

Achromatopsia

#5d5d5d · ΔE 31.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a03e3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a03e3]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8a03e3 (#8a03e3) is rgb(138, 3, 227) in RGB.

No, #8a03e3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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