#8b7b94

Color #8b7b94

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 13.21 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8b7b94

RGB

rgb(139, 123, 148)

HSL

hsl(278.4, 10.5%, 53.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.4, 16.9%, 58%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.1%, 16.9%, 0%, 42%)

LAB

lab(53.81, 11.02, -11.22)

LCH

lch(53.81, 15.73, 314.48)

OKLCH

oklch(60.6%, 0.0416, 313.44)

HWB

hwb(278.4, 48.2%, 42%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#84947b

Analogous

#7e7b94

#8b7b94

#947b90

Triadic

#8b7b94

#948b7b

#7b948b

Split-complementary

#8b7b94

#90947b

#7b947e

Tetradic

#8b7b94

#947b84

#84947b

#7b948b

Square

#8b7b94

#947e7b

#84947b

#7b9094

Shades

Color #8b7b94 mixed toward black.

#74657d

#5d5164

#463d4b

#2e2832

#171419

Tints

Color #8b7b94 mixed toward white.

#9e91a6

#b2a7b8

#c5bdc9

#d8d3db

#ece9ed

Tones

Color #8b7b94 mixed toward gray.

#8a7d92

#8a7f90

#89818e

#89838c

#888589

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.92:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.36:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.36:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#84848e · ΔE 9.7

Deuteranopia

#85868d · ΔE 11.3

Tritanopia

#8a8a89 · ΔE 14.9

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 13.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b7b94;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b7b94]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8b7b94 (#8b7b94) is rgb(139, 123, 148) in RGB.

No, #8b7b94 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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