#87798f

Color #87798f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 11.86 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#87798f

RGB

rgb(135, 121, 143)

HSL

hsl(278.2, 8.9%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.2, 15.4%, 56.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.6%, 15.4%, 0%, 43.9%)

LAB

lab(52.74, 9.7, -9.94)

LCH

lch(52.74, 13.89, 314.3)

OKLCH

oklch(59.6%, 0.0367, 313.34)

HWB

hwb(278.2, 47.5%, 43.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#818f79

Analogous

#7c798f

#87798f

#8f798c

Triadic

#87798f

#8f8779

#798f87

Split-complementary

#87798f

#8c8f79

#798f7c

Tetradic

#87798f

#8f7981

#818f79

#798f87

Square

#87798f

#8f7c79

#818f79

#798c8f

Shades

Color #87798f mixed toward black.

#716478

#5a5060

#443c48

#2d2830

#171418

Tints

Color #87798f mixed toward white.

#9b8fa2

#afa6b4

#c3bcc7

#d7d2da

#ebe9ec

Tones

Color #87798f mixed toward gray.

#877b8d

#867d8b

#867f8a

#858088

#858286

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.16:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#81818a · ΔE 8.9

Deuteranopia

#828389 · ΔE 10.5

Tritanopia

#868685 · ΔE 13.7

Achromatopsia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 12.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #87798f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87798f]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#87798f (#87798f) is rgb(135, 121, 143) in RGB.

No, #87798f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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