#8c75a3

Color #8c75a3

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 22.98 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 10.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8c75a3

RGB

rgb(140, 117, 163)

HSL

hsl(270, 20%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270, 28.2%, 63.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.1%, 28.2%, 0%, 36.1%)

LAB

lab(52.89, 18.16, -21.34)

LCH

lch(52.89, 28.02, 310.4)

OKLCH

oklch(60.1%, 0.0732, 307.12)

HWB

hwb(270, 45.9%, 36.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8ca375

Analogous

#7575a3

#8c75a3

#a375a3

Triadic

#8c75a3

#a38c75

#75a38c

Split-complementary

#8c75a3

#a3a375

#75a375

Tetradic

#8c75a3

#a3758c

#8ca375

#75a38c

Square

#8c75a3

#a37575

#8ca375

#75a3a3

Shades

Color #8c75a3 mixed toward black.

#755d8c

#5d4b70

#463854

#2f2538

#17131c

Tints

Color #8c75a3 mixed toward white.

#9f8cb2

#b2a3c2

#c5bad1

#d9d1e0

#ece8f0

Tones

Color #8c75a3 mixed toward gray.

#8c799f

#8c7d9b

#8c8097

#8c8494

#8c8890

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.19:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.19:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#838299 · ΔE 10.1

Deuteranopia

#848697 · ΔE 13

Tritanopia

#8b918f · ΔE 21.9

Achromatopsia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 19.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c75a3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c75a3]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#8c75a3 (#8c75a3) is rgb(140, 117, 163) in RGB.

No, #8c75a3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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