#8a15ea

Color #8a15ea

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 9.78 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8a15ea

RGB

rgb(138, 21, 234)

HSL

hsl(273, 83.5%, 50%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(273, 91%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(41%, 91%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(41.02, 77.09, -81.22)

LCH

lch(41.02, 111.98, 313.51)

OKLCH

oklch(52.8%, 0.2706, 300.78)

HWB

hwb(273, 8.2%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#75ea15

Analogous

#2015ea

#8a15ea

#ea15df

Triadic

#8a15ea

#ea8a15

#15ea8a

Split-complementary

#8a15ea

#dfea15

#15ea20

Tetradic

#8a15ea

#ea1575

#75ea15

#15ea8a

Square

#8a15ea

#ea2015

#75ea15

#15dfea

Shades

Color #8a15ea mixed toward black.

#7312c3

#5c0e9c

#450b75

#2e074e

#170427

Tints

Color #8a15ea mixed toward white.

#9e3ced

#b163f1

#c58af4

#d8b1f8

#ecd8fb

Tones

Color #8a15ea mixed toward gray.

#8827d8

#8739c6

#854ab5

#835ca3

#816e91

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.38:1

White text reads better on this background (6.22:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6acf · ΔE 17

Deuteranopia

#7076c8 · ΔE 21

Tritanopia

#87b6b0 · ΔE 43.2

Achromatopsia

#616161 · ΔE 31.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a15ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a15ea]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#8a15ea (#8a15ea) is rgb(138, 21, 234) in RGB.

No, #8a15ea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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