#8a55ca

Color #8a55ca

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 10.67 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8a55ca

RGB

rgb(138, 85, 202)

HSL

hsl(267.2, 52.5%, 56.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(267.2, 57.9%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.7%, 57.9%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(47.19, 45.35, -52.9)

LCH

lch(47.19, 69.68, 310.61)

OKLCH

oklch(56.4%, 0.1763, 301.91)

HWB

hwb(267.2, 33.3%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#95ca55

Analogous

#555bca

#8a55ca

#c555ca

Triadic

#8a55ca

#ca8a55

#55ca8a

Split-complementary

#8a55ca

#cac555

#5bca55

Tetradic

#8a55ca

#ca5595

#95ca55

#55ca8a

Square

#8a55ca

#ca555b

#95ca55

#55cac5

Shades

Color #8a55ca mixed toward black.

#7239b6

#5b2d92

#44226d

#2e1749

#170b24

Tints

Color #8a55ca mixed toward white.

#9e71d3

#b18edc

#c5aae5

#d8c6ed

#ece3f6

Tones

Color #8a55ca mixed toward gray.

#8b5fc0

#8c69b7

#8d72ad

#8e7ca3

#8f8699

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.23:1

White text reads better on this background (4.96:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7776b6 · ΔE 12.5

Deuteranopia

#7a7db1 · ΔE 15

Tritanopia

#88a5a0 · ΔE 33.2

Achromatopsia

#707070 · ΔE 27.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a55ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a55ca]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#8a55ca (#8a55ca) is rgb(138, 85, 202) in RGB.

No, #8a55ca is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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