#8a759a

Color #8a759a

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 18.74 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8a759a

RGB

rgb(138, 117, 154)

HSL

hsl(274.1, 15.5%, 53.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.1, 24%, 60.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.4%, 24%, 0%, 39.6%)

LAB

lab(52.35, 15.48, -16.93)

LCH

lch(52.35, 22.94, 312.44)

OKLCH

oklch(59.5%, 0.0602, 310.22)

HWB

hwb(274.1, 45.9%, 39.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#859a75

Analogous

#77759a

#8a759a

#9a7597

Triadic

#8a759a

#9a8a75

#759a8a

Split-complementary

#8a759a

#979a75

#759a77

Tetradic

#8a759a

#9a7585

#859a75

#759a8a

Square

#8a759a

#9a7775

#859a75

#75979a

Shades

Color #8a759a mixed toward black.

#735f82

#5c4c68

#45394e

#2e2634

#17131a

Tints

Color #8a759a mixed toward white.

#9d8cab

#b1a3bc

#c4bacc

#d8d1dd

#ebe8ee

Tones

Color #8a759a mixed toward gray.

#8a7897

#897b94

#897e91

#88818e

#88848a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.09:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#818192 · ΔE 10.8

Deuteranopia

#838490 · ΔE 13

Tritanopia

#898c8a · ΔE 19.8

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 17.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a759a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a759a]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8a759a (#8a759a) is rgb(138, 117, 154) in RGB.

No, #8a759a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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