#8e2fbe

Color #8e2fbe

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 5.85 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8e2fbe

RGB

rgb(142, 47, 190)

HSL

hsl(279.9, 60.3%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.9, 75.3%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.3%, 75.3%, 0%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(40.41, 61.32, -56.82)

LCH

lch(40.41, 83.6, 317.18)

OKLCH

oklch(51.4%, 0.2143, 311.33)

HWB

hwb(279.9, 18.4%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5fbe2f

Analogous

#472fbe

#8e2fbe

#be2fa6

Triadic

#8e2fbe

#be8e2f

#2fbe8e

Split-complementary

#8e2fbe

#a6be2f

#2fbe47

Tetradic

#8e2fbe

#be2f5f

#5fbe2f

#2fbe8e

Square

#8e2fbe

#be472f

#5fbe2f

#2fa6be

Shades

Color #8e2fbe mixed toward black.

#76279e

#5f1f7f

#47185f

#2f103f

#180820

Tints

Color #8e2fbe mixed toward white.

#a449d2

#b66ddb

#c892e4

#dbb6ed

#eddbf6

Tones

Color #8e2fbe mixed toward gray.

#8a3bb2

#8647a6

#82539a

#7e5f8e

#7b6b82

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.3:1

White text reads better on this background (6.36:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7170a9 · ΔE 19.1

Deuteranopia

#767ba4 · ΔE 22.9

Tritanopia

#8b9691 · ΔE 36.5

Achromatopsia

#5f5f5f · ΔE 29.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e2fbe;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e2fbe]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#8e2fbe (#8e2fbe) is rgb(142, 47, 190) in RGB.

No, #8e2fbe is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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