#8a51ea

Color #8a51ea

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 14.03 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8a51ea

RGB

rgb(138, 81, 234)

HSL

hsl(262.4, 78.5%, 61.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(262.4, 65.4%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(41%, 65.4%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(48.55, 55.55, -68.93)

LCH

lch(48.55, 88.53, 308.86)

OKLCH

oklch(58.1%, 0.2189, 295.96)

HWB

hwb(262.4, 31.8%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b1ea51

Analogous

#5164ea

#8a51ea

#d751ea

Triadic

#8a51ea

#ea8a51

#51ea8a

Split-complementary

#8a51ea

#ead751

#64ea51

Tetradic

#8a51ea

#ea51b1

#b1ea51

#51ea8a

Square

#8a51ea

#ea5164

#b1ea51

#51ead7

Shades

Color #8a51ea mixed toward black.

#6b22e4

#5417bc

#3f118d

#2a0b5e

#15062f

Tints

Color #8a51ea mixed toward white.

#9e6eee

#b18bf1

#c5a8f5

#d8c5f8

#ece2fc

Tones

Color #8a51ea mixed toward gray.

#8d5edd

#916bd1

#9477c4

#9784b7

#9a91aa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.45:1

White text reads better on this background (4.72:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7675d2 · ΔE 11.6

Deuteranopia

#797ccc · ΔE 13.9

Tritanopia

#88bcb7 · ΔE 38.4

Achromatopsia

#737373 · ΔE 29.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a51ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a51ea]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#8a51ea (#8a51ea) is rgb(138, 81, 234) in RGB.

No, #8a51ea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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