#8a5e94

Color #8a5e94

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 25.01 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 11.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8a5e94

RGB

rgb(138, 94, 148)

HSL

hsl(288.9, 22.3%, 47.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(288.9, 36.5%, 58%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.8%, 36.5%, 0%, 42%)

LAB

lab(46.37, 27.69, -22.55)

LCH

lch(46.37, 35.71, 320.84)

OKLCH

oklch(54.9%, 0.096, 320.03)

HWB

hwb(288.9, 36.9%, 42%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#68945e

Analogous

#6f5e94

#8a5e94

#945e83

Triadic

#8a5e94

#948a5e

#5e948a

Split-complementary

#8a5e94

#83945e

#5e946f

Tetradic

#8a5e94

#945e68

#68945e

#5e948a

Square

#8a5e94

#946f5e

#68945e

#5e8394

Shades

Color #8a5e94 mixed toward black.

#734e7b

#5c3f63

#452f4a

#2e1f31

#171019

Tints

Color #8a5e94 mixed toward white.

#9f77a8

#b292ba

#c5adcb

#d9c8dc

#ece4ee

Tones

Color #8a5e94 mixed toward gray.

#876390

#84678b

#826c87

#7f7082

#7c757e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.11:1

White text reads better on this background (5.11:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#797989 · ΔE 16.7

Deuteranopia

#7c7f87 · ΔE 20.3

Tritanopia

#88807e · ΔE 22.5

Achromatopsia

#6e6e6e · ΔE 22

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a5e94;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a5e94]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#8a5e94 (#8a5e94) is rgb(138, 94, 148) in RGB.

No, #8a5e94 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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