#836b8b

Color #836b8b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 18.65 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#836b8b

RGB

rgb(131, 107, 139)

HSL

hsl(285, 13%, 48.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(285, 23%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.8%, 23%, 0%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(48.52, 15.68, -13.99)

LCH

lch(48.52, 21.01, 318.26)

OKLCH

oklch(56.2%, 0.0561, 317.6)

HWB

hwb(285, 42%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#738b6b

Analogous

#736b8b

#836b8b

#8b6b83

Triadic

#836b8b

#8b836b

#6b8b83

Split-complementary

#836b8b

#838b6b

#6b8b73

Tetradic

#836b8b

#8b6b73

#738b6b

#6b8b83

Square

#836b8b

#8b736b

#738b6b

#6b838b

Shades

Color #836b8b mixed toward black.

#6d5974

#57475d

#413545

#2c242e

#161217

Tints

Color #836b8b mixed toward white.

#98839f

#ad9bb2

#c1b4c6

#d6cdd9

#eae6ec

Tones

Color #836b8b mixed toward gray.

#826e88

#807086

#7f7383

#7e7680

#7c787e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.44:1

White text reads better on this background (4.73:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#797984 · ΔE 12.8

Deuteranopia

#7b7c82 · ΔE 15.2

Tritanopia

#827e7d · ΔE 16.7

Achromatopsia

#737373 · ΔE 16.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #836b8b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#836b8b]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Frequently asked questions

#836b8b (#836b8b) is rgb(131, 107, 139) in RGB.

No, #836b8b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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