#8f65b3

Color #8f65b3

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 16.44 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 12.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8f65b3

RGB

rgb(143, 101, 179)

HSL

hsl(272.3, 33.9%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(272.3, 43.6%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.1%, 43.6%, 0%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(49.98, 32.14, -35.13)

LCH

lch(49.98, 47.61, 312.46)

OKLCH

oklch(58.2%, 0.1237, 307.81)

HWB

hwb(272.3, 39.6%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#89b365

Analogous

#6865b3

#8f65b3

#b365b0

Triadic

#8f65b3

#b38f65

#65b38f

Split-complementary

#8f65b3

#b0b365

#65b368

Tetradic

#8f65b3

#b36589

#89b365

#65b38f

Square

#8f65b3

#b36865

#89b365

#65b0b3

Shades

Color #8f65b3 mixed toward black.

#784d9c

#603e7d

#482e5e

#301f3e

#180f1f

Tints

Color #8f65b3 mixed toward white.

#a27fc0

#b498cc

#c7b2d9

#dacce6

#ece5f2

Tones

Color #8f65b3 mixed toward gray.

#8e6cac

#8e72a6

#8d799f

#8d7f99

#8c8592

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.68:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f7fa4 · ΔE 12.4

Deuteranopia

#8184a1 · ΔE 14.6

Tritanopia

#8d9895 · ΔE 26.5

Achromatopsia

#777777 · ΔE 23.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8f65b3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8f65b3]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#8f65b3 (#8f65b3) is rgb(143, 101, 179) in RGB.

No, #8f65b3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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