#8b76a5

Color #8b76a5

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 22.97 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 11.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8b76a5

RGB

rgb(139, 118, 165)

HSL

hsl(266.8, 20.7%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(266.8, 28.5%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.8%, 28.5%, 0%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(53.13, 17.7, -22.14)

LCH

lch(53.13, 28.35, 308.64)

OKLCH

oklch(60.3%, 0.0738, 304.68)

HWB

hwb(266.8, 46.3%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#90a576

Analogous

#7679a5

#8b76a5

#a376a5

Triadic

#8b76a5

#a58b76

#76a58b

Split-complementary

#8b76a5

#a5a376

#79a576

Tetradic

#8b76a5

#a57690

#90a576

#76a58b

Square

#8b76a5

#a57679

#90a576

#76a5a3

Shades

Color #8b76a5 mixed toward black.

#735e8e

#5c4b72

#453855

#2e2539

#17131c

Tints

Color #8b76a5 mixed toward white.

#9e8db4

#b2a4c3

#c5bbd2

#d8d1e1

#ece8f0

Tones

Color #8b76a5 mixed toward gray.

#8b7aa1

#8c7e9d

#8c8299

#8d8695

#8d8a91

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.23:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#82829b · ΔE 9.4

Deuteranopia

#848599 · ΔE 11.4

Tritanopia

#8a9391 · ΔE 22.4

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 19.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b76a5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b76a5]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Purple #9370db

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#8b76a5 (#8b76a5) is rgb(139, 118, 165) in RGB.

No, #8b76a5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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