#896b8b

Color #896b8b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium magenta.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 20.46 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#896b8b

RGB

rgb(137, 107, 139)

HSL

hsl(296.3, 13%, 48.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(296.3, 23%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.4%, 23%, 0%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(49.13, 17.83, -13)

LCH

lch(49.13, 22.07, 323.9)

OKLCH

oklch(56.8%, 0.06, 324.3)

HWB

hwb(296.3, 42%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6d8b6b

Analogous

#796b8b

#896b8b

#8b6b7d

Triadic

#896b8b

#8b896b

#6b8b89

Split-complementary

#896b8b

#7d8b6b

#6b8b79

Tetradic

#896b8b

#8b6b6d

#6d8b6b

#6b8b89

Square

#896b8b

#8b796b

#6d8b6b

#6b7d8b

Shades

Color #896b8b mixed toward black.

#725974

#5b475d

#443545

#2e242e

#171217

Tints

Color #896b8b mixed toward white.

#9d839f

#b19bb2

#c4b4c6

#d8cdd9

#ebe6ec

Tones

Color #896b8b mixed toward gray.

#876e88

#847086

#827383

#807680

#7d787e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.54:1

White text reads better on this background (4.63:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7d84 · ΔE 15.4

Deuteranopia

#7f8182 · ΔE 18.2

Tritanopia

#887e7d · ΔE 15.8

Achromatopsia

#757575 · ΔE 17.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #896b8b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#896b8b]

Related colors

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Violet #ee82ee

Frequently asked questions

#896b8b (#896b8b) is rgb(137, 107, 139) in RGB.

No, #896b8b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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