#8a5fac

Color #8a5fac

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 17.6 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 13.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8a5fac

RGB

rgb(138, 95, 172)

HSL

hsl(273.5, 31.7%, 52.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(273.5, 44.8%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.8%, 44.8%, 0%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(47.71, 32.47, -34.65)

LCH

lch(47.71, 47.49, 313.14)

OKLCH

oklch(56.3%, 0.1235, 308.69)

HWB

hwb(273.5, 37.3%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#81ac5f

Analogous

#645fac

#8a5fac

#ac5fa8

Triadic

#8a5fac

#ac8a5f

#5fac8a

Split-complementary

#8a5fac

#a8ac5f

#5fac64

Tetradic

#8a5fac

#ac5f81

#81ac5f

#5fac8a

Square

#8a5fac

#ac645f

#81ac5f

#5fa8ac

Shades

Color #8a5fac mixed toward black.

#734c93

#5c3d75

#452e58

#2e1e3b

#170f1d

Tints

Color #8a5fac mixed toward white.

#9e7aba

#b194c8

#c5afd6

#d8cae3

#ece4f1

Tones

Color #8a5fac mixed toward gray.

#8966a6

#896c9f

#887299

#877992

#867f8c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.31:1

White text reads better on this background (4.87:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a799e · ΔE 12.4

Deuteranopia

#7c7f9a · ΔE 15.3

Tritanopia

#88918e · ΔE 26.7

Achromatopsia

#717171 · ΔE 23.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a5fac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a5fac]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#8a5fac (#8a5fac) is rgb(138, 95, 172) in RGB.

No, #8a5fac is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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