#8a4e97

Color #8a4e97

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 20.65 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 10.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8a4e97

RGB

rgb(138, 78, 151)

HSL

hsl(289.3, 31.9%, 44.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(289.3, 48.3%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.6%, 48.3%, 0%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(42.89, 37.42, -29.76)

LCH

lch(42.89, 47.81, 321.5)

OKLCH

oklch(52.3%, 0.1287, 320.3)

HWB

hwb(289.3, 30.6%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5b974e

Analogous

#654e97

#8a4e97

#974e80

Triadic

#8a4e97

#978a4e

#4e978a

Split-complementary

#8a4e97

#80974e

#4e9765

Tetradic

#8a4e97

#974e5b

#5b974e

#4e978a

Square

#8a4e97

#97654e

#5b974e

#4e8097

Shades

Color #8a4e97 mixed toward black.

#73417e

#5c3465

#45274c

#2e1a32

#170d19

Tints

Color #8a4e97 mixed toward white.

#a265af

#b583bf

#c7a2cf

#dac1df

#ece0ef

Tones

Color #8a4e97 mixed toward gray.

#865491

#825a8b

#7e6085

#7a667f

#766c79

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.62:1

White text reads better on this background (5.81:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#75748a · ΔE 17.8

Deuteranopia

#787c86 · ΔE 21.6

Tritanopia

#887e7b · ΔE 26.3

Achromatopsia

#656565 · ΔE 24.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a4e97;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a4e97]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#8a4e97 (#8a4e97) is rgb(138, 78, 151) in RGB.

No, #8a4e97 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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