#8f57b9

Color #8f57b9

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 11.49 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 10.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8f57b9

RGB

rgb(143, 87, 185)

HSL

hsl(274.3, 41.2%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.3, 53%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.7%, 53%, 0%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(47.18, 41.44, -43.04)

LCH

lch(47.18, 59.75, 313.91)

OKLCH

oklch(56.2%, 0.1545, 308.61)

HWB

hwb(274.3, 34.1%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#81b957

Analogous

#5e57b9

#8f57b9

#b957b2

Triadic

#8f57b9

#b98f57

#57b98f

Split-complementary

#8f57b9

#b2b957

#57b95e

Tetradic

#8f57b9

#b95781

#81b957

#57b98f

Square

#8f57b9

#b95e57

#81b957

#57b2b9

Shades

Color #8f57b9 mixed toward black.

#7843a0

#603580

#482860

#301b40

#180d20

Tints

Color #8f57b9 mixed toward white.

#a273c5

#b48fd0

#c7abdc

#dac7e8

#ece3f3

Tones

Color #8f57b9 mixed toward gray.

#8e5fb1

#8d67a9

#8b6fa0

#8a7898

#898090

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.23:1

White text reads better on this background (4.96:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7aa8 · ΔE 14.3

Deuteranopia

#7e81a3 · ΔE 17.1

Tritanopia

#8d9995 · ΔE 30

Achromatopsia

#707070 · ΔE 25.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8f57b9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8f57b9]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8f57b9 (#8f57b9) is rgb(143, 87, 185) in RGB.

No, #8f57b9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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