#8b7c91

Color #8b7c91

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 12.08 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8b7c91

RGB

rgb(139, 124, 145)

HSL

hsl(282.9, 8.7%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282.9, 14.5%, 56.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.1%, 14.5%, 0%, 43.1%)

LAB

lab(53.97, 9.81, -9.22)

LCH

lch(53.97, 13.46, 316.78)

OKLCH

oklch(60.7%, 0.0358, 316.36)

HWB

hwb(282.9, 48.6%, 43.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#82917c

Analogous

#807c91

#8b7c91

#917c8c

Triadic

#8b7c91

#918b7c

#7c918b

Split-complementary

#8b7c91

#8c917c

#7c9180

Tetradic

#8b7c91

#917c82

#82917c

#7c918b

Square

#8b7c91

#91807c

#82917c

#7c8c91

Shades

Color #8b7c91 mixed toward black.

#74667a

#5d5261

#463d49

#2e2931

#171418

Tints

Color #8b7c91 mixed toward white.

#9e92a3

#b2a8b6

#c5bdc8

#d8d3da

#ece9ed

Tones

Color #8b7c91 mixed toward gray.

#8a7e8f

#897f8d

#89818c

#88838a

#878588

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.39:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.39:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#85858c · ΔE 9.6

Deuteranopia

#86878b · ΔE 11.4

Tritanopia

#8a8888 · ΔE 12.1

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 12.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b7c91;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b7c91]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#8b7c91 (#8b7c91) is rgb(139, 124, 145) in RGB.

No, #8b7c91 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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