#897d91

Color #897d91

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 10.82 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#897d91

RGB

rgb(137, 125, 145)

HSL

hsl(276, 8.3%, 52.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276, 13.8%, 56.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.5%, 13.8%, 0%, 43.1%)

LAB

lab(54.06, 8.51, -9.11)

LCH

lch(54.06, 12.47, 313.05)

OKLCH

oklch(60.7%, 0.0329, 311.92)

HWB

hwb(276, 49%, 43.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#85917d

Analogous

#7f7d91

#897d91

#917d8f

Triadic

#897d91

#91897d

#7d9189

Split-complementary

#897d91

#8f917d

#7d917f

Tetradic

#897d91

#917d85

#85917d

#7d9189

Square

#897d91

#917f7d

#85917d

#7d8f91

Shades

Color #897d91 mixed toward black.

#72677a

#5b5261

#453e49

#2e2931

#171518

Tints

Color #897d91 mixed toward white.

#9d93a3

#b0a8b6

#c4bec8

#d8d4da

#ebe9ed

Tones

Color #897d91 mixed toward gray.

#897f8f

#88808e

#88828c

#88848a

#878589

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.41:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.41:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#84848c · ΔE 8.1

Deuteranopia

#85868b · ΔE 9.9

Tritanopia

#888988 · ΔE 12.8

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 11.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #897d91;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#897d91]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#897d91 (#897d91) is rgb(137, 125, 145) in RGB.

No, #897d91 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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