#8f84a5

Color #8f84a5

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 14.06 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 11.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8f84a5

RGB

rgb(143, 132, 165)

HSL

hsl(260, 15.5%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260, 20%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.3%, 20%, 0%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(57.13, 10.88, -15.99)

LCH

lch(57.13, 19.34, 304.23)

OKLCH

oklch(63.5%, 0.0503, 300.18)

HWB

hwb(260, 51.8%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9aa584

Analogous

#8489a5

#8f84a5

#9f84a5

Triadic

#8f84a5

#a58f84

#84a58f

Split-complementary

#8f84a5

#a59f84

#89a584

Tetradic

#8f84a5

#a5849a

#9aa584

#84a58f

Square

#8f84a5

#a58489

#9aa584

#84a59f

Shades

Color #8f84a5 mixed toward black.

#75698f

#5e5472

#463f56

#2f2a39

#17151d

Tints

Color #8f84a5 mixed toward white.

#a298b4

#b4adc3

#c7c1d2

#dad6e1

#eceaf0

Tones

Color #8f84a5 mixed toward gray.

#9087a2

#91899f

#928c9d

#938f9a

#939297

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.01:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.01:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8a9e · ΔE 6.6

Deuteranopia

#8b8c9c · ΔE 8.4

Tritanopia

#8e9896 · ΔE 19.3

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 15

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8f84a5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8f84a5]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#8f84a5 (#8f84a5) is rgb(143, 132, 165) in RGB.

No, #8f84a5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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