#940ed8

Color #940ed8

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 1.75 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#940ed8

RGB

rgb(148, 14, 216)

HSL

hsl(279.8, 87.8%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.8, 93.5%, 84.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.5%, 93.5%, 0%, 15.3%)

LAB

lab(40.52, 75.71, -71.71)

LCH

lch(40.52, 104.28, 316.55)

OKLCH

oklch(52.3%, 0.2604, 308.36)

HWB

hwb(279.8, 5.5%, 15.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#52d80e

Analogous

#2f0ed8

#940ed8

#d80eb7

Triadic

#940ed8

#d8940e

#0ed894

Split-complementary

#940ed8

#b7d80e

#0ed82f

Tetradic

#940ed8

#d80e52

#52d80e

#0ed894

Square

#940ed8

#d82f0e

#52d80e

#0eb7d8

Shades

Color #940ed8 mixed toward black.

#7b0cb4

#630990

#4a076c

#310548

#190224

Tints

Color #940ed8 mixed toward white.

#ac24f1

#bc50f4

#cd7cf6

#dea7f9

#eed3fc

Tones

Color #940ed8 mixed toward gray.

#8e1fc7

#8930b6

#8341a5

#7e5195

#796284

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.31:1

White text reads better on this background (6.34:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7272bf · ΔE 20.6

Deuteranopia

#787eb8 · ΔE 24.7

Tritanopia

#91a8a2 · ΔE 40.5

Achromatopsia

#5f5f5f · ΔE 31.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #940ed8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#940ed8]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#940ed8 (#940ed8) is rgb(148, 14, 216) in RGB.

No, #940ed8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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