#8a8495

Color #8a8495

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 8.4 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8a8495

RGB

rgb(138, 132, 149)

HSL

hsl(261.2, 7.4%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(261.2, 11.4%, 58.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.4%, 11.4%, 0%, 41.6%)

LAB

lab(56.16, 5.66, -8.28)

LCH

lch(56.16, 10.03, 304.36)

OKLCH

oklch(62.4%, 0.0261, 301.68)

HWB

hwb(261.2, 51.8%, 41.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8f9584

Analogous

#848795

#8a8495

#928495

Triadic

#8a8495

#958a84

#84958a

Split-complementary

#8a8495

#959284

#879584

Tetradic

#8a8495

#95848f

#8f9584

#84958a

Square

#8a8495

#958487

#8f9584

#849592

Shades

Color #8a8495 mixed toward black.

#736c7e

#5c5765

#45414b

#2e2b32

#171619

Tints

Color #8a8495 mixed toward white.

#9e99a7

#b1adb8

#c5c2ca

#d8d6dc

#ecebed

Tones

Color #8a8495 mixed toward gray.

#8a8594

#8b8792

#8b8891

#8c8a8f

#8c8b8e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.82:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.82:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#878791 · ΔE 4.6

Deuteranopia

#888890 · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#8a8e8d · ΔE 11.5

Achromatopsia

#878787 · ΔE 9.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a8495;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a8495]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#8a8495 (#8a8495) is rgb(138, 132, 149) in RGB.

No, #8a8495 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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