#8b80aa

Color #8b80aa

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 18.04 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 12.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8b80aa

RGB

rgb(139, 128, 170)

HSL

hsl(255.7, 19.8%, 58.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(255.7, 24.7%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.2%, 24.7%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(55.92, 13, -20.75)

LCH

lch(55.92, 24.49, 302.07)

OKLCH

oklch(62.5%, 0.0635, 296.57)

HWB

hwb(255.7, 50.2%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9faa80

Analogous

#808aaa

#8b80aa

#a080aa

Triadic

#8b80aa

#aa8b80

#80aa8b

Split-complementary

#8b80aa

#aaa080

#8aaa80

Tetradic

#8b80aa

#aa809f

#9faa80

#80aa8b

Square

#8b80aa

#aa808a

#9faa80

#80aaa0

Shades

Color #8b80aa mixed toward black.

#706495

#5a5077

#433c59

#2d283b

#16141e

Tints

Color #8b80aa mixed toward white.

#9e95b8

#b2aac6

#c5bfd4

#d8d5e3

#eceaf1

Tones

Color #8b80aa mixed toward gray.

#8d83a6

#8e87a3

#908a9f

#928e9c

#939198

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.77:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8686a1 · ΔE 6.1

Deuteranopia

#87889f · ΔE 7.7

Tritanopia

#8a9a98 · ΔE 22.3

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 17.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b80aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b80aa]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#8b80aa (#8b80aa) is rgb(139, 128, 170) in RGB.

No, #8b80aa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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