#8173a5

Color #8173a5

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 21.61 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 11.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8173a5

RGB

rgb(129, 115, 165)

HSL

hsl(256.8, 21.7%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(256.8, 30.3%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.8%, 30.3%, 0%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(51.43, 16.21, -24.82)

LCH

lch(51.43, 29.64, 303.15)

OKLCH

oklch(58.8%, 0.0767, 296.8)

HWB

hwb(256.8, 45.1%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97a573

Analogous

#737ea5

#8173a5

#9a73a5

Triadic

#8173a5

#a58173

#73a581

Split-complementary

#8173a5

#a59a73

#7ea573

Tetradic

#8173a5

#a57397

#97a573

#73a581

Square

#8173a5

#a5737e

#97a573

#73a59a

Shades

Color #8173a5 mixed toward black.

#6a5b8e

#544972

#3f3755

#2a2539

#15121c

Tints

Color #8173a5 mixed toward white.

#968ab4

#aba2c3

#c0b9d2

#d5d0e1

#eae8f0

Tones

Color #8173a5 mixed toward gray.

#8377a1

#857b9d

#878098

#888494

#8a8890

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.93:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7b9b · ΔE 6.3

Deuteranopia

#7c7d98 · ΔE 8.1

Tritanopia

#809290 · ΔE 23.9

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 19.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8173a5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8173a5]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#8173a5 (#8173a5) is rgb(129, 115, 165) in RGB.

No, #8173a5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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