#8e72a0

Color #8e72a0

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 24.25 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 10.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8e72a0

RGB

rgb(142, 114, 160)

HSL

hsl(276.5, 19.5%, 53.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.5, 28.7%, 62.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.2%, 28.8%, 0%, 37.3%)

LAB

lab(52.2, 19.92, -20.62)

LCH

lch(52.2, 28.67, 314.01)

OKLCH

oklch(59.6%, 0.0755, 311.78)

HWB

hwb(276.5, 44.7%, 37.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#84a072

Analogous

#7772a0

#8e72a0

#a0729b

Triadic

#8e72a0

#a08e72

#72a08e

Split-complementary

#8e72a0

#9ba072

#72a077

Tetradic

#8e72a0

#a07284

#84a072

#72a08e

Square

#8e72a0

#a07772

#84a072

#729ba0

Shades

Color #8e72a0 mixed toward black.

#775c88

#5f496d

#473752

#302537

#18121b

Tints

Color #8e72a0 mixed toward white.

#a189b0

#b4a1c0

#c6b8cf

#d9d0df

#ece7ef

Tones

Color #8e72a0 mixed toward gray.

#8d769c

#8c7a98

#8b7d94

#8b8191

#8a858d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.06:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.06:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#838396 · ΔE 12.6

Deuteranopia

#848694 · ΔE 15

Tritanopia

#8d8e8d · ΔE 21.1

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 19.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e72a0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e72a0]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8e72a0 (#8e72a0) is rgb(142, 114, 160) in RGB.

No, #8e72a0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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