#8178a2

Color #8178a2

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 18.13 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 10.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8178a2

RGB

rgb(129, 120, 162)

HSL

hsl(252.9, 18.4%, 55.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(252.9, 25.9%, 63.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.4%, 25.9%, 0%, 36.5%)

LAB

lab(52.63, 12.52, -21.24)

LCH

lch(52.63, 24.66, 300.52)

OKLCH

oklch(59.6%, 0.0639, 294.2)

HWB

hwb(252.9, 47.1%, 36.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#99a278

Analogous

#7884a2

#8178a2

#9678a2

Triadic

#8178a2

#a28178

#78a281

Split-complementary

#8178a2

#a29678

#84a278

Tetradic

#8178a2

#a27899

#99a278

#78a281

Square

#8178a2

#a27884

#99a278

#78a296

Shades

Color #8178a2 mixed toward black.

#69608b

#544d6f

#3f3a53

#2a2638

#15131c

Tints

Color #8178a2 mixed toward white.

#968fb1

#aba5c1

#c0bcd0

#d5d2e0

#eae9ef

Tones

Color #8178a2 mixed toward gray.

#837c9e

#857f9b

#878398

#898694

#8b8a91

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.14:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.14:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7d99 · ΔE 5.4

Deuteranopia

#7e7e97 · ΔE 6.4

Tritanopia

#819290 · ΔE 22.4

Achromatopsia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 17.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8178a2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8178a2]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8178a2 (#8178a2) is rgb(129, 120, 162) in RGB.

No, #8178a2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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