#8e22ab

Color #8e22ab

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 11.91 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8e22ab

RGB

rgb(142, 34, 171)

HSL

hsl(287.3, 66.8%, 40.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(287.3, 80.1%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(17%, 80.1%, 0%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(37.55, 61.94, -50.22)

LCH

lch(37.55, 79.74, 320.97)

OKLCH

oklch(48.9%, 0.2103, 317.76)

HWB

hwb(287.3, 13.3%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3fab22

Analogous

#4a22ab

#8e22ab

#ab2283

Triadic

#8e22ab

#ab8e22

#22ab8e

Split-complementary

#8e22ab

#83ab22

#22ab4a

Tetradic

#8e22ab

#ab223f

#3fab22

#22ab8e

Square

#8e22ab

#ab4a22

#3fab22

#2283ab

Shades

Color #8e22ab mixed toward black.

#761c8e

#5f1772

#471155

#2f0b39

#18061c

Tints

Color #8e22ab mixed toward white.

#b12bd5

#c155dd

#d080e6

#e0aaee

#efd5f7

Tones

Color #8e22ab mixed toward gray.

#872da0

#813994

#7a4489

#74507d

#6d5b72

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.97:1

White text reads better on this background (7.08:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6f6f98 · ΔE 22

Deuteranopia

#747a93 · ΔE 25.7

Tritanopia

#8b8682 · ΔE 35.8

Achromatopsia

#585858 · ΔE 28.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e22ab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e22ab]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#8e22ab (#8e22ab) is rgb(142, 34, 171) in RGB.

No, #8e22ab is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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