#8973a6

Color #8973a6

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 24.48 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 11.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8973a6

RGB

rgb(137, 115, 166)

HSL

hsl(265.9, 22.3%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(265.9, 30.7%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.5%, 30.7%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(52.21, 19.04, -24.14)

LCH

lch(52.21, 30.75, 308.26)

OKLCH

oklch(59.6%, 0.0799, 303.83)

HWB

hwb(265.9, 45.1%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#90a673

Analogous

#7376a6

#8973a6

#a373a6

Triadic

#8973a6

#a68973

#73a689

Split-complementary

#8973a6

#a6a373

#76a673

Tetradic

#8973a6

#a67390

#90a673

#73a689

Square

#8973a6

#a67376

#90a673

#73a6a3

Shades

Color #8973a6 mixed toward black.

#725b8f

#5b4973

#443756

#2d2439

#17121d

Tints

Color #8973a6 mixed toward white.

#9d8ab5

#b0a2c4

#c4b9d3

#d8d0e1

#ebe8f0

Tones

Color #8973a6 mixed toward gray.

#8a77a2

#8a7b9e

#8b8099

#8b8495

#8c8891

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.07:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#80809c · ΔE 9.1

Deuteranopia

#818399 · ΔE 11.5

Tritanopia

#889391 · ΔE 23.2

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 19.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8973a6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8973a6]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Purple #9370db

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#8973a6 (#8973a6) is rgb(137, 115, 166) in RGB.

No, #8973a6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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