#81729b

Color #81729b

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 19.17 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#81729b

RGB

rgb(129, 114, 155)

HSL

hsl(262, 17%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(262, 26.5%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.8%, 26.5%, 0%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(50.77, 14.41, -20.01)

LCH

lch(50.77, 24.66, 305.76)

OKLCH

oklch(58.1%, 0.0641, 301.21)

HWB

hwb(262, 44.7%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8c9b72

Analogous

#72779b

#81729b

#95729b

Triadic

#81729b

#9b8172

#729b81

Split-complementary

#81729b

#9b9572

#779b72

Tetradic

#81729b

#9b728c

#8c9b72

#729b81

Square

#81729b

#9b7277

#8c9b72

#729b95

Shades

Color #81729b mixed toward black.

#6b5d83

#564a69

#40384f

#2b2534

#15131a

Tints

Color #81729b mixed toward white.

#9689ac

#aba1bc

#c0b8cd

#d5d0de

#eae7ee

Tones

Color #81729b mixed toward gray.

#827597

#837994

#847c91

#85808d

#85838a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.81:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7b92 · ΔE 8.1

Deuteranopia

#7c7d90 · ΔE 9.8

Tritanopia

#808b89 · ΔE 21.8

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 17.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #81729b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#81729b]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#81729b (#81729b) is rgb(129, 114, 155) in RGB.

No, #81729b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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