#8d709b

Color #8d709b

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 23.39 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8d709b

RGB

rgb(141, 112, 155)

HSL

hsl(280.5, 17.7%, 52.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280.5, 27.7%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(9%, 27.7%, 0%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(51.4, 19.66, -18.93)

LCH

lch(51.4, 27.29, 316.08)

OKLCH

oklch(58.9%, 0.0723, 314.5)

HWB

hwb(280.5, 43.9%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7e9b70

Analogous

#78709b

#8d709b

#9b7094

Triadic

#8d709b

#9b8d70

#709b8d

Split-complementary

#8d709b

#949b70

#709b78

Tetradic

#8d709b

#9b707e

#7e9b70

#709b8d

Square

#8d709b

#9b7870

#7e9b70

#70949b

Shades

Color #8d709b mixed toward black.

#765c83

#5f4969

#47374f

#2f2534

#18121a

Tints

Color #8d709b mixed toward white.

#a088ac

#b3a0bc

#c6b8cd

#d9cfde

#ece7ee

Tones

Color #8d709b mixed toward gray.

#8c7498

#8b7794

#897b90

#887e8d

#878289

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.92:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.92:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#818192 · ΔE 13.1

Deuteranopia

#838590 · ΔE 16

Tritanopia

#8c8a89 · ΔE 20.2

Achromatopsia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 19.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8d709b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8d709b]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#8d709b (#8d709b) is rgb(141, 112, 155) in RGB.

No, #8d709b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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