HEX Color #8A07B6 (Darkorchid)

About #8A07B6

The hex code #8A07B6 represents a beautifully specific shade of purple. Its closest recognized web color is Darkorchid. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 138, 7, and 182.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 24% cyan and 96% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 284.9° hue, 92.6% saturation, and 37.1% lightness.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. The calculated luminance score dictates that #FFFFFF typography is the safest choice. Always test your color combinations using a contrast checker before publishing.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#8A07B6

RGB138, 7, 182

HSL284.9°, 92.6%, 37.1%

CMYK24%, 96%, 0%, 29%

HSV284.9°, 96.2%, 71.4%

LAB35.9, 68.8, -59.5

XYZ19.0, 8.9, 45.0

Decimal9045942

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#8A07B6 #32B607

Analogous

#3207B6 #B6078A

Triadic

#B68A07 #07B68A

Tetradic

#B63207 #32B607 #078AB6

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#8A07B6

#9722BE

#A43EC6

#B159CE

#BE75D6

#CB90DE

#D8ACE6

#E5C7EE

#F2E3F6

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#8A07B6

#7A06A1

#6B058D

#5C0479

#4C0365

#3D0350

#2E023C

#1E0128

#0F0014

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

7.54:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AAA

2.79:1

Text on #000000

FAIL

7.20:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AAA

2.37:1

Text on #0F172A

FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #8A07B6; }

.text-color { color: #8A07B6; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #8A07B6; }

Similar Colors

Darkorchid

#9932CC