#8e7a9e

Color #8e7a9e

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 17.95 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 9.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8e7a9e

RGB

rgb(142, 122, 158)

HSL

hsl(273.3, 15.7%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(273.3, 22.8%, 62%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.1%, 22.8%, 0%, 38%)

LAB

lab(54.17, 14.8, -16.45)

LCH

lch(54.17, 22.13, 311.98)

OKLCH

oklch(61.1%, 0.0582, 309.77)

HWB

hwb(273.3, 47.8%, 38%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8a9e7a

Analogous

#7c7a9e

#8e7a9e

#9e7a9c

Triadic

#8e7a9e

#9e8e7a

#7a9e8e

Split-complementary

#8e7a9e

#9c9e7a

#7a9e7c

Tetradic

#8e7a9e

#9e7a8a

#8a9e7a

#7a9e8e

Square

#8e7a9e

#9e7c7a

#8a9e7a

#7a9c9e

Shades

Color #8e7a9e mixed toward black.

#776287

#5f4f6c

#473b51

#2f2736

#18141b

Tints

Color #8e7a9e mixed toward white.

#a190ae

#b4a6be

#c6bccf

#d9d3df

#ece9ef

Tones

Color #8e7a9e mixed toward gray.

#8e7d9b

#8d8098

#8d8395

#8d8692

#8c898f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.43:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#868696 · ΔE 10.7

Deuteranopia

#878894 · ΔE 12.5

Tritanopia

#8d908e · ΔE 19.3

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 16.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #8e7a9e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e7a9e]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#8e7a9e (#8e7a9e) is rgb(142, 122, 158) in RGB.

No, #8e7a9e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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