#8c6aa5

Color #8c6aa5

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 24.76 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 12.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8c6aa5

RGB

rgb(140, 106, 165)

HSL

hsl(274.6, 24.7%, 53.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.6, 35.8%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.2%, 35.8%, 0%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(50.22, 25.07, -26.62)

LCH

lch(50.22, 36.57, 313.28)

OKLCH

oklch(58.1%, 0.0958, 310)

HWB

hwb(274.6, 41.6%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#83a56a

Analogous

#6e6aa5

#8c6aa5

#a56aa0

Triadic

#8c6aa5

#a58c6a

#6aa58c

Split-complementary

#8c6aa5

#a0a56a

#6aa56e

Tetradic

#8c6aa5

#a56a83

#83a56a

#6aa58c

Square

#8c6aa5

#a56e6a

#83a56a

#6aa0a5

Shades

Color #8c6aa5 mixed toward black.

#75558d

#5e4471

#463354

#2f2238

#17111c

Tints

Color #8c6aa5 mixed toward white.

#9f83b4

#b29cc3

#c5b4d2

#d9cde1

#ece6f0

Tones

Color #8c6aa5 mixed toward gray.

#8b6fa0

#8a749b

#8a7996

#897e91

#88828c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.72:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.72:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f7e99 · ΔE 11.9

Deuteranopia

#818396 · ΔE 15.1

Tritanopia

#8b8f8d · ΔE 24

Achromatopsia

#777777 · ΔE 21.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c6aa5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c6aa5]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8c6aa5 (#8c6aa5) is rgb(140, 106, 165) in RGB.

No, #8c6aa5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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