#8b38be

Color #8b38be

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 9.53 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8b38be

RGB

rgb(139, 56, 190)

HSL

hsl(277.2, 54.5%, 48.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.2, 70.5%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.8%, 70.5%, 0%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(41.27, 57.1, -55.46)

LCH

lch(41.27, 79.6, 315.83)

OKLCH

oklch(51.9%, 0.2031, 309.36)

HWB

hwb(277.2, 22%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6bbe38

Analogous

#4838be

#8b38be

#be38ae

Triadic

#8b38be

#be8b38

#38be8b

Split-complementary

#8b38be

#aebe38

#38be48

Tetradic

#8b38be

#be386b

#6bbe38

#38be8b

Square

#8b38be

#be4838

#6bbe38

#38aebe

Shades

Color #8b38be mixed toward black.

#742f9e

#5d257f

#451c5f

#2e133f

#170920

Tints

Color #8b38be mixed toward white.

#9f55cd

#b277d7

#c699e1

#d9bbeb

#ecddf5

Tones

Color #8b38be mixed toward gray.

#8843b3

#864ea8

#83599c

#806591

#7e7086

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.41:1

White text reads better on this background (6.16:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7070aa · ΔE 17.7

Deuteranopia

#7479a4 · ΔE 21

Tritanopia

#889792 · ΔE 35.3

Achromatopsia

#616161 · ΔE 28.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b38be;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b38be]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8b38be (#8b38be) is rgb(139, 56, 190) in RGB.

No, #8b38be is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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