#87739b

Color #87739b

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 19.79 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 8.9

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Conversions

HEX

#87739b

RGB

rgb(135, 115, 155)

HSL

hsl(270, 16.7%, 52.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270, 25.8%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.9%, 25.8%, 0%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(51.59, 15.85, -18.71)

LCH

lch(51.59, 24.52, 310.27)

OKLCH

oklch(58.9%, 0.0641, 307.26)

HWB

hwb(270, 45.1%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#879b73

Analogous

#73739b

#87739b

#9b739b

Triadic

#87739b

#9b8773

#739b87

Split-complementary

#87739b

#9b9b73

#739b73

Tetradic

#87739b

#9b7387

#879b73

#739b87

Square

#87739b

#9b7373

#879b73

#739b9b

Shades

Color #87739b mixed toward black.

#705e83

#5a4b69

#43384f

#2d2534

#16131a

Tints

Color #87739b mixed toward white.

#9b8aac

#afa2bc

#c3b9cd

#d7d0de

#ebe8ee

Tones

Color #87739b mixed toward gray.

#877698

#877a94

#877d91

#87808e

#87848a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.96:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f7f93 · ΔE 10

Deuteranopia

#808190 · ΔE 12.1

Tritanopia

#868b8a · ΔE 20.1

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 17.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #87739b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87739b]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#87739b (#87739b) is rgb(135, 115, 155) in RGB.

No, #87739b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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