#85688b

Color #85688b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 21.32 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#85688b

RGB

rgb(133, 104, 139)

HSL

hsl(289.7, 14.4%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(289.7, 25.2%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.3%, 25.2%, 0%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(47.95, 18.17, -14.84)

LCH

lch(47.95, 23.46, 320.76)

OKLCH

oklch(55.8%, 0.0631, 320.53)

HWB

hwb(289.7, 40.8%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6e8b68

Analogous

#73688b

#85688b

#8b687f

Triadic

#85688b

#8b8568

#688b85

Split-complementary

#85688b

#7f8b68

#688b73

Tetradic

#85688b

#8b686e

#6e8b68

#688b85

Square

#85688b

#8b7368

#6e8b68

#687f8b

Shades

Color #85688b mixed toward black.

#6f5774

#59455d

#423445

#2c232e

#161117

Tints

Color #85688b mixed toward white.

#9a80a0

#ae99b3

#c3b3c6

#d7ccd9

#ebe6ec

Tones

Color #85688b mixed toward gray.

#836b88

#816e85

#7f7182

#7d747f

#7b767c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.35:1

White text reads better on this background (4.83:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a7984 · ΔE 13.9

Deuteranopia

#7b7d82 · ΔE 17.4

Tritanopia

#847d7c · ΔE 17.2

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 18.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #85688b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#85688b]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#85688b (#85688b) is rgb(133, 104, 139) in RGB.

No, #85688b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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