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Blue Violet Color

#8a2be2

Blue Violet Color

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A vivid purple-blue sitting directly between blue and violet on the color wheel.

Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8a2be2

RGB

rgb(138, 43, 226)

HSL

hsl(271.1, 75.9%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(271.1, 81%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.9%, 81%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(42.19, 69.84, -74.76)

LCH

lch(42.19, 102.31, 313.05)

OKLCH

oklch(53.4%, 0.2503, 301.37)

HWB

hwb(271.1, 16.9%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#83e22b

Analogous

#2e2be2

#8a2be2

#e22bdf

Triadic

#8a2be2

#e28a2b

#2be28a

Split-complementary

#8a2be2

#dfe22b

#2be22e

Tetradic

#8a2be2

#e22b83

#83e22b

#2be28a

Square

#8a2be2

#e22e2b

#83e22b

#2bdfe2

Shades

Blue Violet Color mixed toward black.

#731bc5

#5c169e

#451076

#2e0b4f

#170527

Tints

Blue Violet Color mixed toward white.

#9d4ee7

#b172ec

#c495f0

#d8b8f5

#ebdcfa

Tones

Blue Violet Color mixed toward gray.

#893ad3

#8949c3

#8859b4

#8868a5

#877796

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.52:1

White text reads better on this background (5.96:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6dc9 · ΔE 16.3

Deuteranopia

#7277c2 · ΔE 19.7

Tritanopia

#87b1ac · ΔE 40.5

Achromatopsia

#646464 · ΔE 31

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a2be2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a2be2]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

Blue Violet (#8a2be2) is rgb(138, 43, 226) in RGB.

No, #8a2be2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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