#8f38d3

Color #8f38d3

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 4.96 Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8f38d3

RGB

rgb(143, 56, 211)

HSL

hsl(273.7, 63.8%, 52.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(273.7, 73.5%, 82.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.2%, 73.5%, 0%, 17.3%)

LAB

lab(43.32, 62.52, -64.3)

LCH

lch(43.32, 89.68, 314.2)

OKLCH

oklch(53.9%, 0.2248, 305.55)

HWB

hwb(273.7, 22%, 17.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7cd338

Analogous

#4238d3

#8f38d3

#d338ca

Triadic

#8f38d3

#d38f38

#38d38f

Split-complementary

#8f38d3

#cad338

#38d342

Tetradic

#8f38d3

#d3387c

#7cd338

#38d38f

Square

#8f38d3

#d34238

#7cd338

#38cad3

Shades

Color #8f38d3 mixed toward black.

#7828b6

#602092

#48186d

#301049

#180824

Tints

Color #8f38d3 mixed toward white.

#a259da

#b47ae2

#c79ce9

#dabdf0

#ecdef8

Tones

Color #8f38d3 mixed toward gray.

#8e45c6

#8c52b9

#8a5fac

#896c9f

#877993

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.67:1

White text reads better on this background (5.72:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7373bc · ΔE 17.2

Deuteranopia

#787db6 · ΔE 20.6

Tritanopia

#8ca7a2 · ΔE 37

Achromatopsia

#666666 · ΔE 29.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8f38d3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8f38d3]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#8f38d3 (#8f38d3) is rgb(143, 56, 211) in RGB.

No, #8f38d3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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