#8b59cd

Color #8b59cd

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 9.96 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8b59cd

RGB

rgb(139, 89, 205)

HSL

hsl(265.9, 53.7%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(265.9, 56.6%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.2%, 56.6%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(48.31, 44.16, -52.82)

LCH

lch(48.31, 68.85, 309.9)

OKLCH

oklch(57.3%, 0.1742, 300.95)

HWB

hwb(265.9, 34.9%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9bcd59

Analogous

#5961cd

#8b59cd

#c559cd

Triadic

#8b59cd

#cd8b59

#59cd8b

Split-complementary

#8b59cd

#cdc559

#61cd59

Tetradic

#8b59cd

#cd599b

#9bcd59

#59cd8b

Square

#8b59cd

#cd5961

#9bcd59

#59cdc5

Shades

Color #8b59cd mixed toward black.

#7139bc

#5b2d97

#442271

#2d174b

#170b26

Tints

Color #8b59cd mixed toward white.

#9e75d5

#b290de

#c5ace6

#d8c8ee

#ece3f7

Tones

Color #8b59cd mixed toward gray.

#8c62c3

#8e6cba

#8f76b0

#9080a6

#92899d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.41:1

White text reads better on this background (4.76:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7978b9 · ΔE 11.9

Deuteranopia

#7b7fb4 · ΔE 14.5

Tritanopia

#89a8a3 · ΔE 33.1

Achromatopsia

#737373 · ΔE 27.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b59cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b59cd]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Purple #9370db

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#8b59cd (#8b59cd) is rgb(139, 89, 205) in RGB.

No, #8b59cd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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