#8a7a94

Color #8a7a94

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 13.46 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8a7a94

RGB

rgb(138, 122, 148)

HSL

hsl(276.9, 10.8%, 52.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.9, 17.6%, 58%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.8%, 17.6%, 0%, 42%)

LAB

lab(53.45, 11.25, -11.76)

LCH

lch(53.45, 16.27, 313.73)

OKLCH

oklch(60.3%, 0.043, 312.45)

HWB

hwb(276.9, 47.8%, 42%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#84947a

Analogous

#7d7a94

#8a7a94

#947a91

Triadic

#8a7a94

#948a7a

#7a948a

Split-complementary

#8a7a94

#91947a

#7a947d

Tetradic

#8a7a94

#947a84

#84947a

#7a948a

Square

#8a7a94

#947d7a

#84947a

#7a9194

Shades

Color #8a7a94 mixed toward black.

#73647d

#5c5064

#453c4b

#2e2832

#171419

Tints

Color #8a7a94 mixed toward white.

#9d90a6

#b1a6b8

#c4bcc9

#d8d3db

#ebe9ed

Tones

Color #8a7a94 mixed toward gray.

#897c92

#897e90

#88808d

#88838b

#878589

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.29:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#83838e · ΔE 9.6

Deuteranopia

#84858d · ΔE 11.2

Tritanopia

#898a88 · ΔE 16.5

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 14

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a7a94;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a7a94]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8a7a94 (#8a7a94) is rgb(138, 122, 148) in RGB.

No, #8a7a94 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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