#87779b

Color #87779b

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 16.94 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#87779b

RGB

rgb(135, 119, 155)

HSL

hsl(266.7, 15.3%, 53.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(266.7, 23.2%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.9%, 23.2%, 0%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(52.63, 13.49, -17.11)

LCH

lch(52.63, 21.79, 308.25)

OKLCH

oklch(59.7%, 0.0569, 304.98)

HWB

hwb(266.7, 46.7%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8b9b77

Analogous

#77799b

#87779b

#99779b

Triadic

#87779b

#9b8777

#779b87

Split-complementary

#87779b

#9b9977

#799b77

Tetradic

#87779b

#9b778b

#8b9b77

#779b87

Square

#87779b

#9b7779

#8b9b77

#779b99

Shades

Color #87779b mixed toward black.

#706184

#5a4d69

#433a4f

#2d2735

#16131a

Tints

Color #87779b mixed toward white.

#9b8eac

#afa4bc

#c3bbcd

#d7d2de

#ebe8ee

Tones

Color #87779b mixed toward gray.

#877a98

#887d95

#888092

#88838f

#89868c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.14:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.14:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#808093 · ΔE 8.8

Deuteranopia

#818291 · ΔE 10.6

Tritanopia

#868d8b · ΔE 20

Achromatopsia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 16.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #87779b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87779b]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Purple #9370db

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#87779b (#87779b) is rgb(135, 119, 155) in RGB.

No, #87779b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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