#8a26bb

Color #8a26bb

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 5.61 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8a26bb

RGB

rgb(138, 38, 187)

HSL

hsl(280.3, 66.2%, 44.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280.3, 79.7%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.2%, 79.7%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(38.51, 63.13, -58.17)

LCH

lch(38.51, 85.84, 317.34)

OKLCH

oklch(49.9%, 0.2192, 311.21)

HWB

hwb(280.3, 14.9%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#57bb26

Analogous

#4026bb

#8a26bb

#bb26a1

Triadic

#8a26bb

#bb8a26

#26bb8a

Split-complementary

#8a26bb

#a1bb26

#26bb40

Tetradic

#8a26bb

#bb2657

#57bb26

#26bb8a

Square

#8a26bb

#bb4026

#57bb26

#26a1bb

Shades

Color #8a26bb mixed toward black.

#73209c

#5c197d

#45135d

#2e0d3e

#17061f

Tints

Color #8a26bb mixed toward white.

#a33ad7

#b661df

#c889e7

#dab0ef

#edd8f7

Tones

Color #8a26bb mixed toward gray.

#8632ae

#813fa2

#7d4b96

#795889

#75647d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.08:1

White text reads better on this background (6.83:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6ca6 · ΔE 19.3

Deuteranopia

#7177a0 · ΔE 23.3

Tritanopia

#87938e · ΔE 36.9

Achromatopsia

#5b5b5b · ΔE 29.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a26bb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a26bb]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#8a26bb (#8a26bb) is rgb(138, 38, 187) in RGB.

No, #8a26bb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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