#8f36bc

Color #8f36bc

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 9.32 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8f36bc

RGB

rgb(143, 54, 188)

HSL

hsl(279.9, 55.4%, 47.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.9, 71.3%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.9%, 71.3%, 0%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(41.39, 58.33, -54.07)

LCH

lch(41.39, 79.54, 317.17)

OKLCH

oklch(52.1%, 0.2048, 311.73)

HWB

hwb(279.9, 21.2%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#63bc36

Analogous

#4c36bc

#8f36bc

#bc36a6

Triadic

#8f36bc

#bc8f36

#36bc8f

Split-complementary

#8f36bc

#a6bc36

#36bc4c

Tetradic

#8f36bc

#bc3663

#63bc36

#36bc8f

Square

#8f36bc

#bc4c36

#63bc36

#36a6bc

Shades

Color #8f36bc mixed toward black.

#772d9d

#60247d

#481b5e

#30123f

#18091f

Tints

Color #8f36bc mixed toward white.

#a452cd

#b674d7

#c897e1

#dbbaeb

#eddcf5

Tones

Color #8f36bc mixed toward gray.

#8c41b1

#884ca6

#84589b

#81638f

#7d6e84

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.42:1

White text reads better on this background (6.14:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7372a8 · ΔE 18.7

Deuteranopia

#777da2 · ΔE 22.7

Tritanopia

#8c9591 · ΔE 34.9

Achromatopsia

#626262 · ΔE 28.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8f36bc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8f36bc]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#8f36bc (#8f36bc) is rgb(143, 54, 188) in RGB.

No, #8f36bc is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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