#8d61a6

Color #8d61a6

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 21.54 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 14.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8d61a6

RGB

rgb(141, 97, 166)

HSL

hsl(278.3, 27.9%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.3, 41.6%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.1%, 41.6%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(48.22, 30.85, -30.31)

LCH

lch(48.22, 43.25, 315.51)

OKLCH

oklch(56.6%, 0.1137, 312.47)

HWB

hwb(278.3, 38%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7aa661

Analogous

#6b61a6

#8d61a6

#a6619c

Triadic

#8d61a6

#a68d61

#61a68d

Split-complementary

#8d61a6

#9ca661

#61a66b

Tetradic

#8d61a6

#a6617a

#7aa661

#61a68d

Square

#8d61a6

#a66b61

#7aa661

#619ca6

Shades

Color #8d61a6 mixed toward black.

#764f8c

#5e3f70

#472f54

#2f2038

#18101c

Tints

Color #8d61a6 mixed toward white.

#a07bb5

#b396c4

#c6b0d3

#d9cae1

#ece5f0

Tones

Color #8d61a6 mixed toward gray.

#8c67a0

#8a6d9b

#887295

#87788f

#857e89

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.39:1

White text reads better on this background (4.78:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7c99 · ΔE 13.8

Deuteranopia

#7f8296 · ΔE 16.9

Tritanopia

#8b8d8b · ΔE 26

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 23.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8d61a6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8d61a6]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8d61a6 (#8d61a6) is rgb(141, 97, 166) in RGB.

No, #8d61a6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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