#8b45b9

Color #8b45b9

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 12.64 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8b45b9

RGB

rgb(139, 69, 185)

HSL

hsl(276.2, 45.7%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.2, 62.7%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.9%, 62.7%, 0%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(43.14, 49.9, -49.53)

LCH

lch(43.14, 70.31, 315.21)

OKLCH

oklch(53.1%, 0.1807, 309.36)

HWB

hwb(276.2, 27.1%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#73b945

Analogous

#5145b9

#8b45b9

#b945ad

Triadic

#8b45b9

#b98b45

#45b98b

Split-complementary

#8b45b9

#adb945

#45b951

Tetradic

#8b45b9

#b94573

#73b945

#45b98b

Square

#8b45b9

#b95145

#73b945

#45adb9

Shades

Color #8b45b9 mixed toward black.

#74399a

#5d2e7b

#45225d

#2e173e

#170b1f

Tints

Color #8b45b9 mixed toward white.

#9e64c5

#b283d1

#c5a2dc

#d8c1e8

#ece0f3

Tones

Color #8b45b9 mixed toward gray.

#894faf

#8758a6

#85629c

#836c92

#817589

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.65:1

White text reads better on this background (5.75:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7373a6 · ΔE 16.5

Deuteranopia

#777ba1 · ΔE 19.5

Tritanopia

#899591 · ΔE 32.6

Achromatopsia

#666666 · ΔE 27.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b45b9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b45b9]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8b45b9 (#8b45b9) is rgb(139, 69, 185) in RGB.

No, #8b45b9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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