#8b6ea2

Color #8b6ea2

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 24.92 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 11.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8b6ea2

RGB

rgb(139, 110, 162)

HSL

hsl(273.5, 21.8%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(273.5, 32.1%, 63.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.2%, 32.1%, 0%, 36.5%)

LAB

lab(50.98, 21.72, -23.7)

LCH

lch(50.98, 32.15, 312.5)

OKLCH

oklch(58.6%, 0.0843, 309.41)

HWB

hwb(273.5, 43.1%, 36.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#85a26e

Analogous

#716ea2

#8b6ea2

#a26e9f

Triadic

#8b6ea2

#a28b6e

#6ea28b

Split-complementary

#8b6ea2

#9fa26e

#6ea271

Tetradic

#8b6ea2

#a26e85

#85a26e

#6ea28b

Square

#8b6ea2

#a2716e

#85a26e

#6e9fa2

Shades

Color #8b6ea2 mixed toward black.

#74598a

#5d476e

#463553

#2e2337

#17121c

Tints

Color #8b6ea2 mixed toward white.

#9e86b1

#b29ec1

#c5b6d0

#d8cfe0

#ece7ef

Tones

Color #8b6ea2 mixed toward gray.

#8a729e

#8a7799

#897b95

#897f91

#88848c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.85:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f7f97 · ΔE 11.7

Deuteranopia

#818395 · ΔE 14.2

Tritanopia

#8a8e8c · ΔE 22.9

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 20.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b6ea2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b6ea2]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#8b6ea2 (#8b6ea2) is rgb(139, 110, 162) in RGB.

No, #8b6ea2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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