#8a689b

Color #8a689b

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 25.96 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 10.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8a689b

RGB

rgb(138, 104, 155)

HSL

hsl(280, 20.3%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280, 32.9%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(11%, 32.9%, 0%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(49.09, 23.35, -22.5)

LCH

lch(49.09, 32.43, 316.06)

OKLCH

oklch(57%, 0.0858, 314.1)

HWB

hwb(280, 40.8%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#799b68

Analogous

#71689b

#8a689b

#9b6893

Triadic

#8a689b

#9b8a68

#689b8a

Split-complementary

#8a689b

#939b68

#689b71

Tetradic

#8a689b

#9b6879

#799b68

#689b8a

Square

#8a689b

#9b7168

#799b68

#68939b

Shades

Color #8a689b mixed toward black.

#735682

#5c4568

#45344e

#2e2234

#17111a

Tints

Color #8a689b mixed toward white.

#9e81ac

#b19abc

#c5b4cd

#d8cdde

#ece6ee

Tones

Color #8a689b mixed toward gray.

#896c97

#877193

#86758e

#84798a

#837d86

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.53:1

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

#7d7c91 · ΔE 13.2

Deuteranopia

#7f818e · ΔE 16.8

Tritanopia

#898886 · ΔE 23.4

Achromatopsia

#757575 · ΔE 20.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a689b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a689b]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#8a689b (#8a689b) is rgb(138, 104, 155) in RGB.

No, #8a689b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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