#8a50a6

Color #8a50a6

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 15.57 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 10

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Conversions

HEX

#8a50a6

RGB

rgb(138, 80, 166)

HSL

hsl(280.5, 35%, 48.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280.5, 51.8%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.9%, 51.8%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(44.08, 39.57, -36.83)

LCH

lch(44.08, 54.06, 317.05)

OKLCH

oklch(53.4%, 0.142, 313.69)

HWB

hwb(280.5, 31.4%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6ca650

Analogous

#5f50a6

#8a50a6

#a65097

Triadic

#8a50a6

#a68a50

#50a68a

Split-complementary

#8a50a6

#97a650

#50a65f

Tetradic

#8a50a6

#a6506c

#6ca650

#50a68a

Square

#8a50a6

#a65f50

#6ca650

#5097a6

Shades

Color #8a50a6 mixed toward black.

#73438a

#5c356f

#452853

#2e1b37

#170d1c

Tints

Color #8a50a6 mixed toward white.

#9e6ab7

#b288c6

#c5a6d4

#d8c4e2

#ece1f1

Tones

Color #8a50a6 mixed toward gray.

#87579f

#855e98

#826590

#806d89

#7d7482

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.78:1

White text reads better on this background (5.56:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#757597 · ΔE 15.9

Deuteranopia

#787c93 · ΔE 18.9

Tritanopia

#888986 · ΔE 31

Achromatopsia

#686868 · ΔE 25

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a50a6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a50a6]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#8a50a6 (#8a50a6) is rgb(138, 80, 166) in RGB.

No, #8a50a6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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