#8e80ab

Color #8e80ab

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 19.13 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 12.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8e80ab

RGB

rgb(142, 128, 171)

HSL

hsl(259.5, 20.4%, 58.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(259.5, 25.1%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(17%, 25.1%, 0%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(56.22, 14.22, -20.84)

LCH

lch(56.22, 25.23, 304.31)

OKLCH

oklch(62.8%, 0.0655, 299.46)

HWB

hwb(259.5, 50.2%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9dab80

Analogous

#8087ab

#8e80ab

#a380ab

Triadic

#8e80ab

#ab8e80

#80ab8e

Split-complementary

#8e80ab

#aba380

#87ab80

Tetradic

#8e80ab

#ab809d

#9dab80

#80ab8e

Square

#8e80ab

#ab8087

#9dab80

#80aba3

Shades

Color #8e80ab mixed toward black.

#746396

#5d4f78

#453b5a

#2e283c

#17141e

Tints

Color #8e80ab mixed toward white.

#a195b9

#b4aac7

#c6bfd5

#d9d5e3

#eceaf1

Tones

Color #8e80ab mixed toward gray.

#8f83a7

#9087a4

#928ba0

#938e9d

#949299

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.83:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.83:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8888a2 · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#898aa0 · ΔE 8.8

Tritanopia

#8d9a99 · ΔE 21.6

Achromatopsia

#878787 · ΔE 17.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8e80ab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e80ab]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#8e80ab (#8e80ab) is rgb(142, 128, 171) in RGB.

No, #8e80ab is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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