#8b6f92

Color #8b6f92

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 20.36 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8b6f92

RGB

rgb(139, 111, 146)

HSL

hsl(288, 13.8%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(288, 24%, 57.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.8%, 24%, 0%, 42.7%)

LAB

lab(50.61, 17.63, -14.88)

LCH

lch(50.61, 23.07, 319.84)

OKLCH

oklch(58.1%, 0.0619, 319.52)

HWB

hwb(288, 43.5%, 42.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#76926f

Analogous

#7a6f92

#8b6f92

#926f88

Triadic

#8b6f92

#928b6f

#6f928b

Split-complementary

#8b6f92

#88926f

#6f927a

Tetradic

#8b6f92

#926f76

#76926f

#6f928b

Square

#8b6f92

#927a6f

#76926f

#6f8892

Shades

Color #8b6f92 mixed toward black.

#745c7a

#5d4a62

#463749

#2e2531

#171218

Tints

Color #8b6f92 mixed toward white.

#9e87a4

#b29fb6

#c5b7c8

#d8cfdb

#ece7ed

Tones

Color #8b6f92 mixed toward gray.

#89728f

#88758c

#867889

#847b86

#827e83

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.79:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#80808b · ΔE 14

Deuteranopia

#818389 · ΔE 16.7

Tritanopia

#8a8483 · ΔE 17.3

Achromatopsia

#787878 · ΔE 17.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b6f92;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b6f92]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#8b6f92 (#8b6f92) is rgb(139, 111, 146) in RGB.

No, #8b6f92 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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