#857f8f

Color #857f8f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 8.23 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#857f8f

RGB

rgb(133, 127, 143)

HSL

hsl(262.5, 6.7%, 52.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(262.5, 11.2%, 56.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(7%, 11.2%, 0%, 43.9%)

LAB

lab(54.18, 5.49, -7.8)

LCH

lch(54.18, 9.54, 305.14)

OKLCH

oklch(60.7%, 0.0248, 302.67)

HWB

hwb(262.5, 49.8%, 43.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#898f7f

Analogous

#7f818f

#857f8f

#8d7f8f

Triadic

#857f8f

#8f857f

#7f8f85

Split-complementary

#857f8f

#8f8d7f

#818f7f

Tetradic

#857f8f

#8f7f89

#898f7f

#7f8f85

Square

#857f8f

#8f7f81

#898f7f

#7f8f8d

Shades

Color #857f8f mixed toward black.

#6f6978

#585460

#423f48

#2c2a30

#161518

Tints

Color #857f8f mixed toward white.

#9994a2

#aeaab4

#c2bfc7

#d6d4da

#ebeaec

Tones

Color #857f8f mixed toward gray.

#85808e

#86828c

#86838b

#86848a

#878688

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.43:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#82828b · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#83838a · ΔE 5.6

Tritanopia

#858888 · ΔE 10.4

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #857f8f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#857f8f]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#857f8f (#857f8f) is rgb(133, 127, 143) in RGB.

No, #857f8f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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