#8e7396

Color #8e7396

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 19.83 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8e7396

RGB

rgb(142, 115, 150)

HSL

hsl(286.3, 14.3%, 52%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(286.3, 23.3%, 58.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.3%, 23.3%, 0%, 41.2%)

LAB

lab(52.08, 17.18, -14.97)

LCH

lch(52.08, 22.79, 318.93)

OKLCH

oklch(59.4%, 0.061, 318.39)

HWB

hwb(286.3, 45.1%, 41.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7b9673

Analogous

#7d7396

#8e7396

#96738d

Triadic

#8e7396

#968e73

#73968e

Split-complementary

#8e7396

#8d9673

#73967d

Tetradic

#8e7396

#96737b

#7b9673

#73968e

Square

#8e7396

#967d73

#7b9673

#738d96

Shades

Color #8e7396 mixed toward black.

#775f7e

#5f4c65

#47394c

#302633

#181319

Tints

Color #8e7396 mixed toward white.

#a18aa8

#b4a2b9

#c7b9cb

#d9d0dc

#ece8ee

Tones

Color #8e7396 mixed toward gray.

#8d7693

#8b7990

#897c8d

#887f8a

#868288

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.04:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.04:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#83838f · ΔE 13.4

Deuteranopia

#85878d · ΔE 16.5

Tritanopia

#8d8887 · ΔE 17.4

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 17.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e7396;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e7396]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#8e7396 (#8e7396) is rgb(142, 115, 150) in RGB.

No, #8e7396 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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