#856a91

Color #856a91

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 21.88 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#856a91

RGB

rgb(133, 106, 145)

HSL

hsl(281.5, 15.5%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.5, 26.9%, 56.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.3%, 26.9%, 0%, 43.1%)

LAB

lab(48.68, 18.27, -17.27)

LCH

lch(48.68, 25.14, 316.61)

OKLCH

oklch(56.5%, 0.0668, 315.24)

HWB

hwb(281.5, 41.6%, 43.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#76916a

Analogous

#716a91

#856a91

#916a89

Triadic

#856a91

#91856a

#6a9185

Split-complementary

#856a91

#89916a

#6a9171

Tetradic

#856a91

#916a76

#76916a

#6a9185

Square

#856a91

#91716a

#76916a

#6a8991

Shades

Color #856a91 mixed toward black.

#6f5879

#594761

#423548

#2c2330

#161218

Tints

Color #856a91 mixed toward white.

#9982a4

#ae9bb6

#c2b4c8

#d6cddb

#ebe6ed

Tones

Color #856a91 mixed toward gray.

#846d8e

#82708a

#817487

#807784

#7f7a81

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.47:1

White text reads better on this background (4.7:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a7a89 · ΔE 13

Deuteranopia

#7c7e87 · ΔE 16.1

Tritanopia

#848280 · ΔE 20.1

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 18.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #856a91;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#856a91]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#856a91 (#856a91) is rgb(133, 106, 145) in RGB.

No, #856a91 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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