#8a79a0

Color #8a79a0

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 18.42 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 10

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Conversions

HEX

#8a79a0

RGB

rgb(138, 121, 160)

HSL

hsl(266.2, 17%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(266.2, 24.4%, 62.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.8%, 24.4%, 0%, 37.3%)

LAB

lab(53.62, 14.47, -18.49)

LCH

lch(53.62, 23.48, 308.05)

OKLCH

oklch(60.6%, 0.0612, 304.55)

HWB

hwb(266.2, 47.5%, 37.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8fa079

Analogous

#797ca0

#8a79a0

#9e79a0

Triadic

#8a79a0

#a08a79

#79a08a

Split-complementary

#8a79a0

#a09e79

#7ca079

Tetradic

#8a79a0

#a0798f

#8fa079

#79a08a

Square

#8a79a0

#a0797c

#8fa079

#79a09e

Shades

Color #8a79a0 mixed toward black.

#736189

#5c4e6e

#453a52

#2e2737

#17131b

Tints

Color #8a79a0 mixed toward white.

#9e8fb0

#b1a6c0

#c5bccf

#d8d2df

#ece9ef

Tones

Color #8a79a0 mixed toward gray.

#8a7c9d

#8b8099

#8b8396

#8c8693

#8c8990

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.32:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#838398 · ΔE 8.9

Deuteranopia

#848596 · ΔE 10.6

Tritanopia

#89918f · ΔE 20.8

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 17.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #8a79a0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a79a0]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Purple #9370db

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#8a79a0 (#8a79a0) is rgb(138, 121, 160) in RGB.

No, #8a79a0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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