#8b70a6

Color #8b70a6

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 24.56 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 12

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Conversions

HEX

#8b70a6

RGB

rgb(139, 112, 166)

HSL

hsl(270, 23.3%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270, 32.5%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.3%, 32.5%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(51.65, 21.46, -25)

LCH

lch(51.65, 32.95, 310.64)

OKLCH

oklch(59.2%, 0.0859, 306.82)

HWB

hwb(270, 43.9%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8ba670

Analogous

#7070a6

#8b70a6

#a670a6

Triadic

#8b70a6

#a68b70

#70a68b

Split-complementary

#8b70a6

#a6a670

#70a670

Tetradic

#8b70a6

#a6708b

#8ba670

#70a68b

Square

#8b70a6

#a67070

#8ba670

#70a6a6

Shades

Color #8b70a6 mixed toward black.

#74598f

#5d4772

#453556

#2e2439

#17121d

Tints

Color #8b70a6 mixed toward white.

#9e88b5

#b2a0c4

#c5b7d3

#d8cfe1

#ece7f0

Tones

Color #8b70a6 mixed toward gray.

#8b74a2

#8b799d

#8b7d98

#8b8294

#8b868f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.97:1

Black 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

#80809b · ΔE 10.6

Deuteranopia

#828498 · ΔE 13.3

Tritanopia

#8a9290 · ΔE 23.3

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 20.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b70a6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b70a6]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#8b70a6 (#8b70a6) is rgb(139, 112, 166) in RGB.

No, #8b70a6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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