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#8450ED Color

#8450ED is rgb(132, 80, 237) in RGB, hsl(260, 81%, 62%) in HSL, and about cmyk(44%, 66%, 0%, 7%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Lavender Indigo (#9457EB), clearly related but distinguishable side by side at ΔE 6.87. White text is the more readable choice on this background.

#8450ED
HEX#8450ED
RGBrgb(132, 80, 237)
HSLhsl(260, 81%, 62%)
HSVhsv(260, 66%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(44%, 66%, 0%, 7%)
OKLCHoklch(57.6% 0.223 293.3)
LABlab(47.00% 48.41 -72.79)
LCHlch(47.00% 87.42 303.63)

What #8450ED Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #8450ED, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Lavender Indigo#9457EBΔE 6.87Majorelle Blue#6050DCΔE 12.71Very Light Blue#6666FFΔE 15.02Blue Violet#8A2BE2ΔE 16.02Medium Slate Blue#7B68EEΔE 16.45Dark Orchid#9932CCΔE 17.28

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every purple in the library.

#8450ED Channel Values

How #8450ED breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 132 · G 80 · B 2378-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 260° · S 81% · L 62%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 260° · S 66% · V 93%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 44% · M 66% · Y 0% · K 7%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance4.83:1 vs white · 4.35:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #8450ED background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

TextWhite text4.83:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
Fails AABlack text4.35:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Need a specific ratio against another background? Open #8450ED in the contrast checker.

Colors That Go With #8450ED

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #8450ED; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

Base
#8450ED
Complementary
#B8ED50
Analogous
#506AED
Analogous
#D250ED
Triadic
#ED8450
Triadic
#50ED84
Split comp.
#EDD250
Split comp.
#6AED50

Tints & Shades of #8450ED

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

#9467EF
#A47EF1
#B595F4
#C8B1F7
#D8C8F9
#E8DFFC

Shades

#6A2BE9
#5416D0
#4512AB
#360E86
#270A61
#160637

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #8450ED.

How #8450ED Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#8450ED
Protanopia#5C5CED
Protanomaly#6E57ED
Deuteranopia#6565EC
Deuteranomaly#735DED
Tritanopia#667575
Tritanomaly#7368B2
Achromatopsia#727272

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #8450ED in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-8450ed: #8450ED;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #8450ED;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-8450ed': '#8450ED' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.518, green: 0.314, blue: 0.929)
Android XML<color name="color_8450ed">#8450ED</color>
SVG fillfill="#8450ED"

More Purple Colors

#8450ED sits in the purple family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

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#8450ED Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #8450ED?

#8450ED is a light purple — rgb(132, 80, 237) in RGB and hsl(260, 81%, 62%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Lavender Indigo (#9457EB), which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side at a CIE76 distance of 6.87.

What is the RGB value of #8450ED?

#8450ED is rgb(132, 80, 237) — red 132, green 80, and blue 237 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #8450ED?

#8450ED converts to approximately cmyk(44%, 66%, 0%, 7%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #8450ED be black or white?

White text is the more readable choice. #8450ED scores 4.83:1 against white and 4.35:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #8450ED as a CSS color keyword?

No. #8450ED is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is blueviolet (#8A2BE2) at a CIE76 distance of 16.02, which is visibly different.

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