#836a7e

Color #836a7e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium magenta.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 15.81 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#836a7e

RGB

rgb(131, 106, 126)

HSL

hsl(312, 10.5%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(312, 19.1%, 51.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 3.8%, 48.6%)

LAB

lab(47.8, 13.6, -7.32)

LCH

lch(47.8, 15.44, 331.71)

OKLCH

oklch(55.5%, 0.0431, 333.08)

HWB

hwb(312, 41.6%, 48.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6a836f

Analogous

#7c6a83

#836a7e

#836a72

Triadic

#836a7e

#7e836a

#6a7e83

Split-complementary

#836a7e

#72836a

#6a837c

Tetradic

#836a7e

#836f6a

#6a836f

#6a7e83

Square

#836a7e

#837c6a

#6a836f

#6a7283

Shades

Color #836a7e mixed toward black.

#6d5869

#574754

#42353f

#2c232a

#161215

Tints

Color #836a7e mixed toward white.

#998194

#ae9baa

#c2b4bf

#d6cdd4

#ebe6ea

Tones

Color #836a7e mixed toward gray.

#816c7d

#7f6e7c

#7d707a

#7b7279

#797478

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.33:1

White text reads better on this background (4.85:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#79797a · ΔE 14.5

Deuteranopia

#7a7c78 · ΔE 19

Tritanopia

#827675 · ΔE 11.2

Achromatopsia

#717171 · ΔE 14.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #836a7e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#836a7e]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Medium Violet Red #c71585

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Frequently asked questions

#836a7e (#836a7e) is rgb(131, 106, 126) in RGB.

No, #836a7e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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