#8a5fa8

Color #8a5fa8

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 19.72 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 13.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8a5fa8

RGB

rgb(138, 95, 168)

HSL

hsl(275.3, 29.6%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.3, 43.5%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.9%, 43.5%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(47.51, 31.54, -32.61)

LCH

lch(47.51, 45.37, 314.04)

OKLCH

oklch(56%, 0.1185, 310.21)

HWB

hwb(275.3, 37.3%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7da85f

Analogous

#665fa8

#8a5fa8

#a85fa2

Triadic

#8a5fa8

#a88a5f

#5fa88a

Split-complementary

#8a5fa8

#a2a85f

#5fa866

Tetradic

#8a5fa8

#a85f7d

#7da85f

#5fa88a

Square

#8a5fa8

#a8665f

#7da85f

#5fa2a8

Shades

Color #8a5fa8 mixed toward black.

#734d8e

#5c3e72

#452e55

#2e1f39

#170f1c

Tints

Color #8a5fa8 mixed toward white.

#9e7ab7

#b194c5

#c5afd4

#d8cae2

#ece4f1

Tones

Color #8a5fa8 mixed toward gray.

#8965a2

#886b9c

#877196

#867790

#857d8a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.28:1

White text reads better on this background (4.9:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a799a · ΔE 12.9

Deuteranopia

#7c7f97 · ΔE 15.8

Tritanopia

#888e8b · ΔE 26.6

Achromatopsia

#717171 · ΔE 23.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a5fa8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a5fa8]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8a5fa8 (#8a5fa8) is rgb(138, 95, 168) in RGB.

No, #8a5fa8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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