#8f729e

Color #8f729e

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 23.68 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 10.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8f729e

RGB

rgb(143, 114, 158)

HSL

hsl(279.5, 18.5%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.5, 27.8%, 62%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.5%, 27.8%, 0%, 38%)

LAB

lab(52.22, 19.82, -19.42)

LCH

lch(52.22, 27.75, 315.58)

OKLCH

oklch(59.6%, 0.0734, 313.9)

HWB

hwb(279.5, 44.7%, 38%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#819e72

Analogous

#79729e

#8f729e

#9e7297

Triadic

#8f729e

#9e8f72

#729e8f

Split-complementary

#8f729e

#979e72

#729e79

Tetradic

#8f729e

#9e7281

#819e72

#729e8f

Square

#8f729e

#9e7972

#819e72

#72979e

Shades

Color #8f729e mixed toward black.

#785c86

#604a6b

#483751

#302536

#18121b

Tints

Color #8f729e mixed toward white.

#a289ae

#b4a1be

#c7b8ce

#dad0df

#ece7ef

Tones

Color #8f729e mixed toward gray.

#8e769a

#8d7997

#8b7d93

#8a818f

#89848c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.07:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#838395 · ΔE 12.9

Deuteranopia

#858793 · ΔE 15.7

Tritanopia

#8e8d8b · ΔE 21.5

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 19.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8f729e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8f729e]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#8f729e (#8f729e) is rgb(143, 114, 158) in RGB.

No, #8f729e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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