#8b1ea5

Color #8b1ea5

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Magenta #8b008b · ΔE 10.72 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-800 #8a0194 · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8b1ea5

RGB

rgb(139, 30, 165)

HSL

hsl(288.4, 69.2%, 38.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(288.4, 81.8%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.8%, 81.8%, 0%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(36.24, 61.43, -48.75)

LCH

lch(36.24, 78.42, 321.56)

OKLCH

oklch(47.8%, 0.2077, 318.67)

HWB

hwb(288.4, 11.8%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#38a51e

Analogous

#471ea5

#8b1ea5

#a51e7b

Triadic

#8b1ea5

#a58b1e

#1ea58b

Split-complementary

#8b1ea5

#7ba51e

#1ea547

Tetradic

#8b1ea5

#a51e38

#38a51e

#1ea58b

Square

#8b1ea5

#a5471e

#38a51e

#1e7ba5

Shades

Color #8b1ea5 mixed toward black.

#741989

#5d146e

#450f52

#2e0a37

#17051b

Tints

Color #8b1ea5 mixed toward white.

#b026d1

#c34ddf

#d27ae7

#e1a6ef

#f0d3f7

Tones

Color #8b1ea5 mixed toward gray.

#84299a

#7d348e

#764083

#6f4b78

#68566d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.83:1

White text reads better on this background (7.43:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6c92 · ΔE 22

Deuteranopia

#71778d · ΔE 25.8

Tritanopia

#88817d · ΔE 34.9

Achromatopsia

#555555 · ΔE 28.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b1ea5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b1ea5]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#8b1ea5 (#8b1ea5) is rgb(139, 30, 165) in RGB.

No, #8b1ea5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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