#877491

Color #877491

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 15.45 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#877491

RGB

rgb(135, 116, 145)

HSL

hsl(279.3, 11.6%, 51.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.3, 20%, 56.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.9%, 20%, 0%, 43.1%)

LAB

lab(51.48, 13.06, -13.01)

LCH

lch(51.48, 18.43, 315.11)

OKLCH

oklch(58.7%, 0.0488, 314)

HWB

hwb(279.3, 45.5%, 43.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7e9174

Analogous

#797491

#877491

#91748d

Triadic

#877491

#918774

#749187

Split-complementary

#877491

#8d9174

#749179

Tetradic

#877491

#91747e

#7e9174

#749187

Square

#877491

#917974

#7e9174

#748d91

Shades

Color #877491 mixed toward black.

#716079

#5a4d61

#443a49

#2d2631

#171318

Tints

Color #877491 mixed toward white.

#9b8ba3

#afa2b6

#c3bac8

#d7d1da

#ebe8ed

Tones

Color #877491 mixed toward gray.

#86778f

#86798c

#857b8a

#847e87

#838085

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.94:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.94:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f7f8b · ΔE 10.7

Deuteranopia

#808289 · ΔE 13.5

Tritanopia

#868584 · ΔE 16.1

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 15.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #877491;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#877491]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#877491 (#877491) is rgb(135, 116, 145) in RGB.

No, #877491 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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