#8b569a

Color #8b569a

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 21.15 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 12.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8b569a

RGB

rgb(139, 86, 154)

HSL

hsl(286.8, 28.3%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(286.8, 44.2%, 60.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.7%, 44.2%, 0%, 39.6%)

LAB

lab(44.91, 33.89, -28.39)

LCH

lch(44.91, 44.21, 320.05)

OKLCH

oklch(53.9%, 0.1183, 318.56)

HWB

hwb(286.8, 33.7%, 39.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#659a56

Analogous

#69569a

#8b569a

#9a5687

Triadic

#8b569a

#9a8b56

#569a8b

Split-complementary

#8b569a

#879a56

#569a69

Tetradic

#8b569a

#9a5665

#659a56

#569a8b

Square

#8b569a

#9a6956

#659a56

#56879a

Shades

Color #8b569a mixed toward black.

#744880

#5d3967

#462b4d

#2e1d33

#170e1a

Tints

Color #8b569a mixed toward white.

#a06fae

#b38cbf

#c6a8cf

#d9c5df

#ece2ef

Tones

Color #8b569a mixed toward gray.

#885c94

#85618f

#826789

#7e6d83

#7b727e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.9:1

White text reads better on this background (5.39:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#78778d · ΔE 16.7

Deuteranopia

#7a7e8a · ΔE 20.3

Tritanopia

#89827f · ΔE 25.9

Achromatopsia

#6a6a6a · ΔE 23.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b569a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b569a]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#8b569a (#8b569a) is rgb(139, 86, 154) in RGB.

No, #8b569a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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