#8f79a4

Color #8f79a4

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 21.25 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 11.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8f79a4

RGB

rgb(143, 121, 164)

HSL

hsl(270.7, 19.1%, 55.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270.7, 26.2%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.8%, 26.2%, 0%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(54.23, 17.05, -19.83)

LCH

lch(54.23, 26.15, 310.69)

OKLCH

oklch(61.2%, 0.0684, 307.76)

HWB

hwb(270.7, 47.5%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8ea479

Analogous

#7a79a4

#8f79a4

#a479a4

Triadic

#8f79a4

#a48f79

#79a48f

Split-complementary

#8f79a4

#a4a479

#79a47a

Tetradic

#8f79a4

#a4798e

#8ea479

#79a48f

Square

#8f79a4

#a47a79

#8ea479

#79a4a4

Shades

Color #8f79a4 mixed toward black.

#77608d

#5f4d71

#483a55

#302639

#18131c

Tints

Color #8f79a4 mixed toward white.

#a28fb3

#b4a6c2

#c7bcd2

#dad2e1

#ece9f0

Tones

Color #8f79a4 mixed toward gray.

#8f7da0

#8f809d

#8f8499

#8f8796

#8f8b92

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.44:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#86869b · ΔE 10.4

Deuteranopia

#878999 · ΔE 12.8

Tritanopia

#8e9392 · ΔE 20.6

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 18.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8f79a4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8f79a4]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#8f79a4 (#8f79a4) is rgb(143, 121, 164) in RGB.

No, #8f79a4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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