#8c6a94

Color #8c6a94

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 24.76 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8c6a94

RGB

rgb(140, 106, 148)

HSL

hsl(288.6, 16.5%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(288.6, 28.4%, 58%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.4%, 28.4%, 0%, 42%)

LAB

lab(49.52, 21.34, -17.7)

LCH

lch(49.52, 27.73, 320.33)

OKLCH

oklch(57.3%, 0.0745, 319.79)

HWB

hwb(288.6, 41.6%, 42%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#72946a

Analogous

#776a94

#8c6a94

#946a87

Triadic

#8c6a94

#948c6a

#6a948c

Split-complementary

#8c6a94

#87946a

#6a9477

Tetradic

#8c6a94

#946a72

#72946a

#6a948c

Square

#8c6a94

#94776a

#72946a

#6a8794

Shades

Color #8c6a94 mixed toward black.

#75587b

#5d4763

#46354a

#2f2331

#171219

Tints

Color #8c6a94 mixed toward white.

#9f83a6

#b29cb8

#c6b4ca

#d9cddb

#ece6ed

Tones

Color #8c6a94 mixed toward gray.

#8a6e90

#88718d

#857589

#837886

#817b82

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.6:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.6:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f7e8b · ΔE 15

Deuteranopia

#818389 · ΔE 18.6

Tritanopia

#8b8482 · ΔE 19.7

Achromatopsia

#767676 · ΔE 19.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c6a94;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c6a94]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#8c6a94 (#8c6a94) is rgb(140, 106, 148) in RGB.

No, #8c6a94 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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