#8b00fa

Color #8b00fa

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 19.35 Nearest Tailwind class violet-600 #7f22fe · ΔE 2.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8b00fa

RGB

rgb(139, 0, 250)

HSL

hsl(273.4, 100%, 49%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(273.4, 100%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.4%, 100%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(41.83, 83.02, -88.92)

LCH

lch(41.83, 121.65, 313.03)

OKLCH

oklch(53.8%, 0.2899, 298.43)

HWB

hwb(273.4, 0%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6ffa00

Analogous

#0e00fa

#8b00fa

#fa00ec

Triadic

#8b00fa

#fa8b00

#00fa8b

Split-complementary

#8b00fa

#ecfa00

#00fa0e

Tetradic

#8b00fa

#fa006f

#6ffa00

#00fa8b

Square

#8b00fa

#fa0e00

#6ffa00

#00ecfa

Shades

Color #8b00fa mixed toward black.

#7400d0

#5d00a7

#46007d

#2e0053

#17002a

Tints

Color #8b00fa mixed toward white.

#9f26ff

#b252ff

#c57dff

#d9a8ff

#ecd4ff

Tones

Color #8b00fa mixed toward gray.

#8915e5

#862ad0

#843ebb

#8253a7

#7f6892

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.48:1

White text reads better on this background (6.04:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6add · ΔE 16.7

Deuteranopia

#7076d6 · ΔE 20.6

Tritanopia

#88c2bc · ΔE 45.4

Achromatopsia

#636363 · ΔE 32.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #8b00fa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b00fa]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#8b00fa (#8b00fa) is rgb(139, 0, 250) in RGB.

No, #8b00fa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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