#847d8a

Color #847d8a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 8.02 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#847d8a

RGB

rgb(132, 125, 138)

HSL

hsl(272.3, 5.3%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(272.3, 9.4%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.3%, 9.4%, 0%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(53.39, 5.24, -6.07)

LCH

lch(53.39, 8.02, 310.8)

OKLCH

oklch(60%, 0.021, 309.6)

HWB

hwb(272.3, 49%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#838a7d

Analogous

#7e7d8a

#847d8a

#8a7d8a

Triadic

#847d8a

#8a847d

#7d8a84

Split-complementary

#847d8a

#8a8a7d

#7d8a7e

Tetradic

#847d8a

#8a7d83

#838a7d

#7d8a84

Square

#847d8a

#8a7e7d

#838a7d

#7d8a8a

Shades

Color #847d8a mixed toward black.

#6e6873

#58535c

#423e45

#2c2a2e

#161517

Tints

Color #847d8a mixed toward white.

#99939e

#ada8b1

#c2bec5

#d6d4d8

#ebe9ec

Tones

Color #847d8a mixed toward gray.

#847e89

#847f88

#848087

#848186

#848285

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.28:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#818187 · ΔE 5.3

Deuteranopia

#818286 · ΔE 6.6

Tritanopia

#848584 · ΔE 9.2

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 8.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #847d8a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#847d8a]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#847d8a (#847d8a) is rgb(132, 125, 138) in RGB.

No, #847d8a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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