#837987

Color #837987

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 9.17 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#837987

RGB

rgb(131, 121, 135)

HSL

hsl(282.9, 5.5%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282.9, 10.4%, 52.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(3%, 10.4%, 0%, 47.1%)

LAB

lab(52.12, 6.58, -6.22)

LCH

lch(52.12, 9.05, 316.61)

OKLCH

oklch(59%, 0.024, 316.35)

HWB

hwb(282.9, 47.5%, 47.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7d8779

Analogous

#7c7987

#837987

#877984

Triadic

#837987

#878379

#798783

Split-complementary

#837987

#848779

#79877c

Tetradic

#837987

#87797d

#7d8779

#798783

Square

#837987

#877c79

#7d8779

#798487

Shades

Color #837987 mixed toward black.

#6d6571

#57515a

#423c44

#2c282d

#161417

Tints

Color #837987 mixed toward white.

#988f9b

#aca6af

#c1bcc3

#d6d2d7

#eae9eb

Tones

Color #837987 mixed toward gray.

#837a86

#827b85

#827d84

#817e82

#817f81

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.05:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.05:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f7f84 · ΔE 7.1

Deuteranopia

#7f8083 · ΔE 8.4

Tritanopia

#838181 · ΔE 8.7

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 9.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #837987;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#837987]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#837987 (#837987) is rgb(131, 121, 135) in RGB.

No, #837987 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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