#8a6aaa

Color #8a6aaa

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 23.11 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 13.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8a6aaa

RGB

rgb(138, 106, 170)

HSL

hsl(270, 27.4%, 54.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270, 37.6%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.8%, 37.6%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(50.23, 25.59, -29.53)

LCH

lch(50.23, 39.08, 310.91)

OKLCH

oklch(58.1%, 0.1016, 306.48)

HWB

hwb(270, 41.6%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8aaa6a

Analogous

#6a6aaa

#8a6aaa

#aa6aaa

Triadic

#8a6aaa

#aa8a6a

#6aaa8a

Split-complementary

#8a6aaa

#aaaa6a

#6aaa6a

Tetradic

#8a6aaa

#aa6a8a

#8aaa6a

#6aaa8a

Square

#8a6aaa

#aa6a6a

#8aaa6a

#6aaaaa

Shades

Color #8a6aaa mixed toward black.

#735392

#5c4375

#453258

#2e213b

#17111d

Tints

Color #8a6aaa mixed toward white.

#9d83b8

#b19cc6

#c4b4d5

#d8cde3

#ebe6f1

Tones

Color #8a6aaa mixed toward gray.

#8a6fa5

#8a759f

#8a7a9a

#8a7f95

#8a858f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.72:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.72:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7d9e · ΔE 10.6

Deuteranopia

#7f819a · ΔE 13.1

Tritanopia

#899390 · ΔE 25.2

Achromatopsia

#777777 · ΔE 22.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a6aaa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a6aaa]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#8a6aaa (#8a6aaa) is rgb(138, 106, 170) in RGB.

No, #8a6aaa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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