#8579a7

Color #8579a7

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 20.56 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 11.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8579a7

RGB

rgb(133, 121, 167)

HSL

hsl(255.7, 20.7%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(255.7, 27.5%, 65.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.4%, 27.5%, 0%, 34.5%)

LAB

lab(53.44, 14.44, -22.86)

LCH

lch(53.44, 27.04, 302.28)

OKLCH

oklch(60.4%, 0.0701, 296.16)

HWB

hwb(255.7, 47.5%, 34.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ba779

Analogous

#7984a7

#8579a7

#9c79a7

Triadic

#8579a7

#a78579

#79a785

Split-complementary

#8579a7

#a79c79

#84a779

Tetradic

#8579a7

#a7799b

#9ba779

#79a785

Square

#8579a7

#a77984

#9ba779

#79a79c

Shades

Color #8579a7 mixed toward black.

#6c5f91

#574c74

#413957

#2b263a

#16131d

Tints

Color #8579a7 mixed toward white.

#998fb6

#aea6c4

#c2bcd3

#d6d2e2

#ebe9f0

Tones

Color #8579a7 mixed toward gray.

#877da3

#89819f

#8b859c

#8c8898

#8e8c94

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.29:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#80809d · ΔE 6.3

Deuteranopia

#81829b · ΔE 7.9

Tritanopia

#849593 · ΔE 23.1

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 18.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8579a7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8579a7]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#8579a7 (#8579a7) is rgb(133, 121, 167) in RGB.

No, #8579a7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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