#8a5daa

Color #8a5daa

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 17.95 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 13.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8a5daa

RGB

rgb(138, 93, 170)

HSL

hsl(275.1, 31.2%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.1, 45.3%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.8%, 45.3%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(47.15, 33.16, -34.35)

LCH

lch(47.15, 47.74, 313.99)

OKLCH

oklch(55.8%, 0.1245, 309.85)

HWB

hwb(275.1, 36.5%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7daa5d

Analogous

#645daa

#8a5daa

#aa5da4

Triadic

#8a5daa

#aa8a5d

#5daa8a

Split-complementary

#8a5daa

#a4aa5d

#5daa64

Tetradic

#8a5daa

#aa5d7d

#7daa5d

#5daa8a

Square

#8a5daa

#aa645d

#7daa5d

#5da4aa

Shades

Color #8a5daa mixed toward black.

#734b90

#5c3c73

#452d56

#2e1e3a

#170f1d

Tints

Color #8a5daa mixed toward white.

#9e78b8

#b193c6

#c5aed5

#d8c9e3

#ece4f1

Tones

Color #8a5daa mixed toward gray.

#8963a4

#886a9d

#877097

#867790

#857d8a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.23:1

White text reads better on this background (4.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#79799c · ΔE 13.3

Deuteranopia

#7c7f98 · ΔE 16.1

Tritanopia

#888f8c · ΔE 27

Achromatopsia

#707070 · ΔE 24

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a5daa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a5daa]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8a5daa (#8a5daa) is rgb(138, 93, 170) in RGB.

No, #8a5daa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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