#8b6098

Color #8b6098

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 24.59 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 11.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8b6098

RGB

rgb(139, 96, 152)

HSL

hsl(286.1, 22.6%, 48.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(286.1, 36.8%, 59.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.6%, 36.8%, 0%, 40.4%)

LAB

lab(47.13, 27.71, -23.75)

LCH

lch(47.13, 36.5, 319.4)

OKLCH

oklch(55.5%, 0.0976, 318.16)

HWB

hwb(286.1, 37.6%, 40.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6d9860

Analogous

#6f6098

#8b6098

#986089

Triadic

#8b6098

#988b60

#60988b

Split-complementary

#8b6098

#899860

#60986f

Tetradic

#8b6098

#98606d

#6d9860

#60988b

Square

#8b6098

#986f60

#6d9860

#608998

Shades

Color #8b6098 mixed toward black.

#74507f

#5d4065

#45304c

#2e2033

#171019

Tints

Color #8b6098 mixed toward white.

#9f79aa

#b294bb

#c5afcc

#d9c9dd

#ece4ee

Tones

Color #8b6098 mixed toward gray.

#886593

#86698f

#836e8a

#817385

#7e7781

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.22:1

White text reads better on this background (4.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7a8d · ΔE 15.5

Deuteranopia

#7d808a · ΔE 19.5

Tritanopia

#898381 · ΔE 23.2

Achromatopsia

#707070 · ΔE 22.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b6098;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b6098]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#8b6098 (#8b6098) is rgb(139, 96, 152) in RGB.

No, #8b6098 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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