#8b759b

Color #8b759b

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 19.39 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#8b759b

RGB

rgb(139, 117, 155)

HSL

hsl(274.7, 16%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.7, 24.5%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.3%, 24.5%, 0%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(52.48, 16.04, -17.3)

LCH

lch(52.48, 23.59, 312.84)

OKLCH

oklch(59.7%, 0.0621, 310.69)

HWB

hwb(274.7, 45.9%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#859b75

Analogous

#78759b

#8b759b

#9b7598

Triadic

#8b759b

#9b8b75

#759b8b

Split-complementary

#8b759b

#989b75

#759b78

Tetradic

#8b759b

#9b7585

#859b75

#759b8b

Square

#8b759b

#9b7875

#859b75

#75989b

Shades

Color #8b759b mixed toward black.

#745f83

#5d4c69

#46394f

#2e2635

#17131a

Tints

Color #8b759b mixed toward white.

#9e8cac

#b2a3bc

#c5bacd

#d8d1de

#ece8ee

Tones

Color #8b759b mixed toward gray.

#8a7898

#8a7b95

#897e91

#89828e

#88858b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.12:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#828293 · ΔE 11.1

Deuteranopia

#838591 · ΔE 13.7

Tritanopia

#8a8c8b · ΔE 19.2

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 17.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b759b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b759b]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8b759b (#8b759b) is rgb(139, 117, 155) in RGB.

No, #8b759b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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