#8b52a3

Color #8b52a3

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 17.85 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 10.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8b52a3

RGB

rgb(139, 82, 163)

HSL

hsl(282.2, 33.1%, 48%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282.2, 49.7%, 63.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.7%, 49.7%, 0%, 36.1%)

LAB

lab(44.47, 38.09, -34.43)

LCH

lch(44.47, 51.34, 317.89)

OKLCH

oklch(53.7%, 0.1356, 315.12)

HWB

hwb(282.2, 32.2%, 36.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6aa352

Analogous

#6252a3

#8b52a3

#a35292

Triadic

#8b52a3

#a38b52

#52a38b

Split-complementary

#8b52a3

#92a352

#52a362

Tetradic

#8b52a3

#a3526a

#6aa352

#52a38b

Square

#8b52a3

#a36252

#6aa352

#5292a3

Shades

Color #8b52a3 mixed toward black.

#744488

#5d376d

#452951

#2e1b36

#170e1b

Tints

Color #8b52a3 mixed toward white.

#9f6cb5

#b289c4

#c6a7d3

#d9c4e1

#ece2f0

Tones

Color #8b52a3 mixed toward gray.

#88599c

#855f95

#83668f

#806d88

#7d7481

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.83:1

White text reads better on this background (5.48:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#777694 · ΔE 16.1

Deuteranopia

#7a7d91 · ΔE 19.2

Tritanopia

#898784 · ΔE 29.1

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 24.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b52a3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b52a3]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#8b52a3 (#8b52a3) is rgb(139, 82, 163) in RGB.

No, #8b52a3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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