#8a66bf

Color #8a66bf

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 10.39 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 10.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8a66bf

RGB

rgb(138, 102, 191)

HSL

hsl(264.3, 41%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(264.3, 46.6%, 74.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.7%, 46.6%, 0%, 25.1%)

LAB

lab(50.3, 33.03, -41.61)

LCH

lch(50.3, 53.13, 308.44)

OKLCH

oklch(58.5%, 0.1361, 300.96)

HWB

hwb(264.3, 40%, 25.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9bbf66

Analogous

#666fbf

#8a66bf

#b766bf

Triadic

#8a66bf

#bf8a66

#66bf8a

Split-complementary

#8a66bf

#bfb766

#6fbf66

Tetradic

#8a66bf

#bf669b

#9bbf66

#66bf8a

Square

#8a66bf

#bf666f

#9bbf66

#66bfb7

Shades

Color #8a66bf mixed toward black.

#7148ac

#5a3a8a

#442b67

#2d1d45

#170e22

Tints

Color #8a66bf mixed toward white.

#9e80ca

#b199d4

#c5b3df

#d8ccea

#ece6f4

Tones

Color #8a66bf mixed toward gray.

#8c6eb8

#8d75b0

#8e7ca9

#9084a1

#918b9a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.73:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.73:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7caf · ΔE 10

Deuteranopia

#7e81aa · ΔE 12.1

Tritanopia

#88a09d · ΔE 28.1

Achromatopsia

#787878 · ΔE 24.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a66bf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a66bf]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Frequently asked questions

#8a66bf (#8a66bf) is rgb(138, 102, 191) in RGB.

No, #8a66bf is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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