#8a779d

Color #8a779d

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 18.54 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 9.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8a779d

RGB

rgb(138, 119, 157)

HSL

hsl(270, 16.2%, 54.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270, 24.2%, 61.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.1%, 24.2%, 0%, 38.4%)

LAB

lab(52.98, 14.97, -17.71)

LCH

lch(52.98, 23.19, 310.21)

OKLCH

oklch(60.1%, 0.0606, 307.36)

HWB

hwb(270, 46.7%, 38.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8a9d77

Analogous

#77779d

#8a779d

#9d779d

Triadic

#8a779d

#9d8a77

#779d8a

Split-complementary

#8a779d

#9d9d77

#779d77

Tetradic

#8a779d

#9d778a

#8a9d77

#779d8a

Square

#8a779d

#9d7777

#8a9d77

#779d9d

Shades

Color #8a779d mixed toward black.

#736086

#5c4d6b

#453a50

#2e2735

#17131b

Tints

Color #8a779d mixed toward white.

#9d8ead

#b1a4be

#c4bbce

#d8d2de

#ebe8ef

Tones

Color #8a779d mixed toward gray.

#8a7a9a

#8a7d97

#8a8093

#8a8490

#8a878d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.21:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#828295 · ΔE 9.8

Deuteranopia

#838593 · ΔE 12.3

Tritanopia

#898e8d · ΔE 19.6

Achromatopsia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 17.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a779d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a779d]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#8a779d (#8a779d) is rgb(138, 119, 157) in RGB.

No, #8a779d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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