#8c69a7

Color #8c69a7

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 23.82 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 13.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8c69a7

RGB

rgb(140, 105, 167)

HSL

hsl(273.9, 26.1%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(273.9, 37.1%, 65.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.2%, 37.1%, 0%, 34.5%)

LAB

lab(50.06, 26.12, -28.03)

LCH

lch(50.06, 38.31, 312.98)

OKLCH

oklch(58%, 0.1002, 309.45)

HWB

hwb(273.9, 41.2%, 34.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#84a769

Analogous

#6d69a7

#8c69a7

#a769a3

Triadic

#8c69a7

#a78c69

#69a78c

Split-complementary

#8c69a7

#a3a769

#69a76d

Tetradic

#8c69a7

#a76984

#84a769

#69a78c

Square

#8c69a7

#a76d69

#84a769

#69a3a7

Shades

Color #8c69a7 mixed toward black.

#75548f

#5e4372

#463256

#2f2139

#17111d

Tints

Color #8c69a7 mixed toward white.

#9f82b6

#b29bc4

#c5b4d3

#d9cde2

#ece6f0

Tones

Color #8c69a7 mixed toward gray.

#8b6ea2

#8b739d

#8a7897

#897e92

#89838d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.69:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.69:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7e9b · ΔE 12

Deuteranopia

#808398 · ΔE 14.9

Tritanopia

#8b908e · ΔE 24.2

Achromatopsia

#777777 · ΔE 22.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c69a7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c69a7]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8c69a7 (#8c69a7) is rgb(140, 105, 167) in RGB.

No, #8c69a7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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