#8e779a

Color #8e779a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 18.51 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#8e779a

RGB

rgb(142, 119, 154)

HSL

hsl(279.4, 14.8%, 53.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.4, 22.7%, 60.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.8%, 22.7%, 0%, 39.6%)

LAB

lab(53.25, 15.69, -15.52)

LCH

lch(53.25, 22.07, 315.31)

OKLCH

oklch(60.3%, 0.0585, 313.96)

HWB

hwb(279.4, 46.7%, 39.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#839a77

Analogous

#7c779a

#8e779a

#9a7794

Triadic

#8e779a

#9a8e77

#779a8e

Split-complementary

#8e779a

#949a77

#779a7c

Tetradic

#8e779a

#9a7783

#839a77

#779a8e

Square

#8e779a

#9a7c77

#839a77

#77949a

Shades

Color #8e779a mixed toward black.

#776183

#5f4d68

#473a4e

#302734

#18131a

Tints

Color #8e779a mixed toward white.

#a18eab

#b4a4bc

#c6bbcc

#d9d2dd

#ece8ee

Tones

Color #8e779a mixed toward gray.

#8d7a97

#8c7d94

#8b8091

#8a838e

#89868b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.26:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.26:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#858492 · ΔE 11.5

Deuteranopia

#868891 · ΔE 14.6

Tritanopia

#8d8c8b · ΔE 18.1

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 17.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e779a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e779a]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#8e779a (#8e779a) is rgb(142, 119, 154) in RGB.

No, #8e779a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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