#8f8794

Color #8f8794

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 8.9 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8f8794

RGB

rgb(143, 135, 148)

HSL

hsl(276.9, 5.7%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.9, 8.8%, 58%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.4%, 8.8%, 0%, 42%)

LAB

lab(57.37, 5.53, -5.86)

LCH

lch(57.37, 8.06, 313.34)

OKLCH

oklch(63.5%, 0.0212, 312.71)

HWB

hwb(276.9, 52.9%, 42%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8c9487

Analogous

#898794

#8f8794

#948793

Triadic

#8f8794

#948f87

#87948f

Split-complementary

#8f8794

#939487

#879489

Tetradic

#8f8794

#94878c

#8c9487

#87948f

Square

#8f8794

#948987

#8c9487

#879394

Shades

Color #8f8794 mixed toward black.

#776f7d

#605964

#48434b

#302c32

#181619

Tints

Color #8f8794 mixed toward white.

#a29ba6

#b4afb8

#c7c3c9

#dad7db

#ecebed

Tones

Color #8f8794 mixed toward gray.

#8f8893

#8f8992

#8e8a91

#8e8b90

#8e8c8f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.06:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.06:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8c91 · ΔE 6

Deuteranopia

#8c8d90 · ΔE 7.3

Tritanopia

#8f8f8e · ΔE 9.1

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 8.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8f8794;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8f8794]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8f8794 (#8f8794) is rgb(143, 135, 148) in RGB.

No, #8f8794 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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