#8e72b4

Color #8e72b4

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 22.84 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 13.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8e72b4

RGB

rgb(142, 114, 180)

HSL

hsl(265.5, 30.6%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(265.5, 36.7%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.1%, 36.7%, 0%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(53.04, 24.52, -30.93)

LCH

lch(53.04, 39.47, 308.41)

OKLCH

oklch(60.5%, 0.1022, 302.97)

HWB

hwb(265.5, 44.7%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#98b472

Analogous

#7277b4

#8e72b4

#af72b4

Triadic

#8e72b4

#b48e72

#72b48e

Split-complementary

#8e72b4

#b4af72

#77b472

Tetradic

#8e72b4

#b47298

#98b472

#72b48e

Square

#8e72b4

#b47277

#98b472

#72b4af

Shades

Color #8e72b4 mixed toward black.

#7555a0

#5d4480

#463360

#2f2240

#171120

Tints

Color #8e72b4 mixed toward white.

#a189c0

#b4a1cd

#c6b8d9

#d9d0e6

#ece7f2

Tones

Color #8e72b4 mixed toward gray.

#8f77ae

#907da9

#9082a3

#91889e

#928d98

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.22:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8383a7 · ΔE 9.4

Deuteranopia

#8486a4 · ΔE 11.2

Tritanopia

#8d9c99 · ΔE 25.4

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 22.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e72b4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e72b4]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Purple #9370db

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#8e72b4 (#8e72b4) is rgb(142, 114, 180) in RGB.

No, #8e72b4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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