#837c8e

Color #837c8e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 8.65 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#837c8e

RGB

rgb(131, 124, 142)

HSL

hsl(263.3, 7.4%, 52.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(263.3, 12.7%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.7%, 12.7%, 0%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(53.16, 6.31, -8.76)

LCH

lch(53.16, 10.8, 305.77)

OKLCH

oklch(59.9%, 0.0282, 303.13)

HWB

hwb(263.3, 48.6%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#878e7c

Analogous

#7c7e8e

#837c8e

#8c7c8e

Triadic

#837c8e

#8e837c

#7c8e83

Split-complementary

#837c8e

#8e8c7c

#7e8e7c

Tetradic

#837c8e

#8e7c87

#878e7c

#7c8e83

Square

#837c8e

#8e7c7e

#878e7c

#7c8e8c

Shades

Color #837c8e mixed toward black.

#6d6777

#57525f

#413e47

#2c2930

#161518

Tints

Color #837c8e mixed toward white.

#9892a1

#aca8b4

#c1bec7

#d6d3d9

#eae9ec

Tones

Color #837c8e mixed toward gray.

#837e8d

#847f8b

#84818a

#848288

#858487

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.24:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#80808a · ΔE 5.3

Deuteranopia

#808189 · ΔE 6.6

Tritanopia

#838786 · ΔE 12.2

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 10

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Code

CSS

background-color: #837c8e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#837c8e]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#837c8e (#837c8e) is rgb(131, 124, 142) in RGB.

No, #837c8e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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