#8e12e3

Color #8e12e3

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 7.35 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8e12e3

RGB

rgb(142, 18, 227)

HSL

hsl(275.6, 85.3%, 48%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.6, 92.1%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.4%, 92.1%, 0%, 11%)

LAB

lab(40.78, 76.6, -77.62)

LCH

lch(40.78, 109.05, 314.62)

OKLCH

oklch(52.6%, 0.2666, 303.71)

HWB

hwb(275.6, 7.1%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#67e312

Analogous

#2512e3

#8e12e3

#e312cf

Triadic

#8e12e3

#e38e12

#12e38e

Split-complementary

#8e12e3

#cfe312

#12e325

Tetradic

#8e12e3

#e31267

#67e312

#12e38e

Square

#8e12e3

#e32512

#67e312

#12cfe3

Shades

Color #8e12e3 mixed toward black.

#760fbd

#5f0c97

#470971

#2f064c

#180326

Tints

Color #8e12e3 mixed toward white.

#a232ef

#b55bf2

#c784f5

#daadf9

#ecd6fc

Tones

Color #8e12e3 mixed toward gray.

#8b23d1

#8735c0

#8446af

#81589d

#7e698c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.35:1

White text reads better on this background (6.28:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6dc9 · ΔE 18.3

Deuteranopia

#7379c2 · ΔE 22.4

Tritanopia

#8bb1ab · ΔE 42.1

Achromatopsia

#606060 · ΔE 31.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e12e3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e12e3]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8e12e3 (#8e12e3) is rgb(142, 18, 227) in RGB.

No, #8e12e3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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