#836b96

Color #836b96

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 22.61 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 8.6

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Conversions

HEX

#836b96

RGB

rgb(131, 107, 150)

HSL

hsl(273.5, 17%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(273.5, 28.7%, 58.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.7%, 28.7%, 0%, 41.2%)

LAB

lab(48.94, 18.1, -19.86)

LCH

lch(48.94, 26.87, 312.35)

OKLCH

oklch(56.7%, 0.0705, 309.65)

HWB

hwb(273.5, 42%, 41.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7e966b

Analogous

#6e6b96

#836b96

#966b94

Triadic

#836b96

#96836b

#6b9683

Split-complementary

#836b96

#94966b

#6b966e

Tetradic

#836b96

#966b7e

#7e966b

#6b9683

Square

#836b96

#966e6b

#7e966b

#6b9496

Shades

Color #836b96 mixed toward black.

#6d597d

#574764

#42354b

#2c2432

#161219

Tints

Color #836b96 mixed toward white.

#9884a8

#ac9cb9

#c1b5cb

#d6cedc

#eae6ee

Tones

Color #836b96 mixed toward gray.

#836f92

#82728f

#82768b

#817988

#817d84

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.51:1

White text reads better on this background (4.66:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#79798d · ΔE 11.2

Deuteranopia

#7b7c8b · ΔE 13.4

Tritanopia

#828684 · ΔE 21.5

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 18.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #836b96;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#836b96]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#836b96 (#836b96) is rgb(131, 107, 150) in RGB.

No, #836b96 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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