#8d50c5

Color #8d50c5

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 13.1 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 8.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8d50c5

RGB

rgb(141, 80, 197)

HSL

hsl(271.3, 50.2%, 54.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(271.3, 59.4%, 77.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.4%, 59.4%, 0%, 22.7%)

LAB

lab(46.22, 47.53, -51.55)

LCH

lch(46.22, 70.12, 312.68)

OKLCH

oklch(55.7%, 0.1786, 305.38)

HWB

hwb(271.3, 31.4%, 22.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#88c550

Analogous

#5250c5

#8d50c5

#c550c2

Triadic

#8d50c5

#c58d50

#50c58d

Split-complementary

#8d50c5

#c2c550

#50c552

Tetradic

#8d50c5

#c55088

#88c550

#50c58d

Square

#8d50c5

#c55250

#88c550

#50c2c5

Shades

Color #8d50c5 mixed toward black.

#7639ad

#5e2e8b

#472268

#2f1745

#180b23

Tints

Color #8d50c5 mixed toward white.

#a06dcf

#b38ad8

#c6a7e2

#d9c5ec

#ece2f5

Tones

Color #8d50c5 mixed toward gray.

#8d5abb

#8c63b1

#8c6da8

#8b779e

#8b8194

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.09:1

White text reads better on this background (5.14:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7777b2 · ΔE 14.4

Deuteranopia

#7b7fac · ΔE 17.3

Tritanopia

#8ba09c · ΔE 32

Achromatopsia

#6d6d6d · ΔE 27.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8d50c5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8d50c5]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#8d50c5 (#8d50c5) is rgb(141, 80, 197) in RGB.

No, #8d50c5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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