#8a32aa

Color #8a32aa

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Magenta #8b008b · ΔE 13.07 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8a32aa

RGB

rgb(138, 50, 170)

HSL

hsl(284, 54.5%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(284, 70.6%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.8%, 70.6%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(38.88, 55.18, -47.51)

LCH

lch(38.88, 72.82, 319.27)

OKLCH

oklch(49.7%, 0.1907, 315.49)

HWB

hwb(284, 19.6%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#52aa32

Analogous

#4e32aa

#8a32aa

#aa328e

Triadic

#8a32aa

#aa8a32

#32aa8a

Split-complementary

#8a32aa

#8eaa32

#32aa4e

Tetradic

#8a32aa

#aa3252

#52aa32

#32aa8a

Square

#8a32aa

#aa4e32

#52aa32

#328eaa

Shades

Color #8a32aa mixed toward black.

#732a8e

#5c2171

#451955

#2e1139

#17081c

Tints

Color #8a32aa mixed toward white.

#a544c8

#b76ad3

#c98fde

#dbb4e9

#eddaf4

Tones

Color #8a32aa mixed toward gray.

#853ca0

#814696

#7c508c

#775a82

#736478

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.12:1

White text reads better on this background (6.74:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6f6e98 · ΔE 19.5

Deuteranopia

#737893 · ΔE 23.2

Tritanopia

#878783 · ΔE 35.9

Achromatopsia

#5c5c5c · ΔE 27.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a32aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a32aa]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#8a32aa (#8a32aa) is rgb(138, 50, 170) in RGB.

No, #8a32aa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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