#8b45a9

Color #8b45a9

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 11.33 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8b45a9

RGB

rgb(139, 69, 169)

HSL

hsl(282, 42%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282, 59.2%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.8%, 59.2%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(42.17, 46.34, -41.64)

LCH

lch(42.17, 62.3, 318.06)

OKLCH

oklch(52.1%, 0.1635, 314.5)

HWB

hwb(282, 27.1%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#63a945

Analogous

#5945a9

#8b45a9

#a94595

Triadic

#8b45a9

#a98b45

#45a98b

Split-complementary

#8b45a9

#95a945

#45a959

Tetradic

#8b45a9

#a94563

#63a945

#45a98b

Square

#8b45a9

#a95945

#63a945

#4595a9

Shades

Color #8b45a9 mixed toward black.

#743a8d

#5d2e71

#462355

#2e1738

#170c1c

Tints

Color #8b45a9 mixed toward white.

#a15ebd

#b47eca

#c69fd8

#d9bfe5

#ecdff2

Tones

Color #8b45a9 mixed toward gray.

#884da1

#845698

#815e90

#7e6688

#7a6f7f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.52:1

White text reads better on this background (5.96:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#737398 · ΔE 17.7

Deuteranopia

#777b94 · ΔE 20.8

Tritanopia

#898986 · ΔE 32.7

Achromatopsia

#636363 · ΔE 26.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b45a9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b45a9]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#8b45a9 (#8b45a9) is rgb(139, 69, 169) in RGB.

No, #8b45a9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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