#8f809e

Color #8f809e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 14.19 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 10.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8f809e

RGB

rgb(143, 128, 158)

HSL

hsl(270, 13.4%, 56.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270, 19%, 62%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.5%, 19%, 0%, 38%)

LAB

lab(55.83, 11.66, -13.93)

LCH

lch(55.83, 18.17, 309.93)

OKLCH

oklch(62.4%, 0.0476, 307.57)

HWB

hwb(270, 50.2%, 38%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8f9e80

Analogous

#80809e

#8f809e

#9e809e

Triadic

#8f809e

#9e8f80

#809e8f

Split-complementary

#8f809e

#9e9e80

#809e80

Tetradic

#8f809e

#9e808f

#8f9e80

#809e8f

Square

#8f809e

#9e8080

#8f9e80

#809e9e

Shades

Color #8f809e mixed toward black.

#776787

#5f536c

#483e51

#302936

#18151b

Tints

Color #8f809e mixed toward white.

#a295ae

#b4aabe

#c7c0cf

#dad5df

#eceaef

Tones

Color #8f809e mixed toward gray.

#8f839c

#8f8599

#8f8897

#8f8a94

#8f8d92

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.75:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#898997 · ΔE 9.1

Deuteranopia

#8a8b96 · ΔE 10.6

Tritanopia

#8e9291 · ΔE 17.1

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 14.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8f809e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8f809e]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#8f809e (#8f809e) is rgb(143, 128, 158) in RGB.

No, #8f809e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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