#8c878f

Color #8c878f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 6.01 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 8

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Conversions

HEX

#8c878f

RGB

rgb(140, 135, 143)

HSL

hsl(277.5, 3.4%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.5, 5.6%, 56.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.1%, 5.6%, 0%, 43.9%)

LAB

lab(56.96, 3.43, -3.61)

LCH

lch(56.96, 4.98, 313.54)

OKLCH

oklch(63%, 0.0132, 313.15)

HWB

hwb(277.5, 52.9%, 43.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8a8f87

Analogous

#88878f

#8c878f

#8f878e

Triadic

#8c878f

#8f8c87

#878f8c

Split-complementary

#8c878f

#8e8f87

#878f88

Tetradic

#8c878f

#8f878a

#8a8f87

#878f8c

Square

#8c878f

#8f8887

#8a8f87

#878e8f

Shades

Color #8c878f mixed toward black.

#757078

#5d5960

#464348

#2f2d30

#171618

Tints

Color #8c878f mixed toward white.

#9f9ba2

#b2afb4

#c5c3c7

#d9d7da

#ecebec

Tones

Color #8c878f mixed toward gray.

#8c888e

#8b898d

#8b8a8c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.98:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8a8d · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#8a8b8d · ΔE 5

Tritanopia

#8c8c8b · ΔE 6.2

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 5.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c878f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c878f]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8c878f (#8c878f) is rgb(140, 135, 143) in RGB.

No, #8c878f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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