#8a6ca0

Color #8a6ca0

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 25.37 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 11.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8a6ca0

RGB

rgb(138, 108, 160)

HSL

hsl(274.6, 21.5%, 52.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.6, 32.5%, 62.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.8%, 32.5%, 0%, 37.3%)

LAB

lab(50.29, 22.11, -23.59)

LCH

lch(50.29, 32.33, 313.15)

OKLCH

oklch(58%, 0.0849, 310.22)

HWB

hwb(274.6, 42.4%, 37.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#82a06c

Analogous

#706ca0

#8a6ca0

#a06c9c

Triadic

#8a6ca0

#a08a6c

#6ca08a

Split-complementary

#8a6ca0

#9ca06c

#6ca070

Tetradic

#8a6ca0

#a06c82

#82a06c

#6ca08a

Square

#8a6ca0

#a0706c

#82a06c

#6c9ca0

Shades

Color #8a6ca0 mixed toward black.

#735888

#5c466c

#453551

#2e2336

#17121b

Tints

Color #8a6ca0 mixed toward white.

#9d84b0

#b19dc0

#c4b5cf

#d8cedf

#ebe6ef

Tones

Color #8a6ca0 mixed toward gray.

#89709c

#897597

#887993

#877d8f

#87828a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.73:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.73:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7e95 · ΔE 12.2

Deuteranopia

#808293 · ΔE 14.8

Tritanopia

#898c8a · ΔE 23

Achromatopsia

#787878 · ΔE 20.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a6ca0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a6ca0]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8a6ca0 (#8a6ca0) is rgb(138, 108, 160) in RGB.

No, #8a6ca0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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