#896d98

Color #896d98

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 23.35 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 9.1

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Conversions

HEX

#896d98

RGB

rgb(137, 109, 152)

HSL

hsl(279.1, 17.3%, 51.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.1, 28.3%, 59.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.9%, 28.3%, 0%, 40.4%)

LAB

lab(50.12, 19.4, -19.16)

LCH

lch(50.12, 27.27, 315.36)

OKLCH

oklch(57.8%, 0.0721, 313.54)

HWB

hwb(279.1, 42.7%, 40.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7c986d

Analogous

#746d98

#896d98

#986d92

Triadic

#896d98

#98896d

#6d9889

Split-complementary

#896d98

#92986d

#6d9874

Tetradic

#896d98

#986d7c

#7c986d

#6d9889

Square

#896d98

#98746d

#7c986d

#6d9298

Shades

Color #896d98 mixed toward black.

#735a80

#5c4866

#45364d

#2e2433

#17121a

Tints

Color #896d98 mixed toward white.

#9d85a9

#b09eba

#c4b6cc

#d8cedd

#ebe7ee

Tones

Color #896d98 mixed toward gray.

#887195

#877491

#86788d

#857b8a

#847f86

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.7:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7e8f · ΔE 13

Deuteranopia

#7f818d · ΔE 15.5

Tritanopia

#888886 · ΔE 21.9

Achromatopsia

#777777 · ΔE 19.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #896d98;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#896d98]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#896d98 (#896d98) is rgb(137, 109, 152) in RGB.

No, #896d98 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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