#8f879e

Color #8f879e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.03 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 8.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8f879e

RGB

rgb(143, 135, 158)

HSL

hsl(260.9, 10.6%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260.9, 14.6%, 62%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.5%, 14.6%, 0%, 38%)

LAB

lab(57.69, 7.62, -11.13)

LCH

lch(57.69, 13.49, 304.4)

OKLCH

oklch(63.8%, 0.0351, 301.24)

HWB

hwb(260.9, 52.9%, 38%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#969e87

Analogous

#878b9e

#8f879e

#9b879e

Triadic

#8f879e

#9e8f87

#879e8f

Split-complementary

#8f879e

#9e9b87

#8b9e87

Tetradic

#8f879e

#9e8796

#969e87

#879e8f

Square

#8f879e

#9e878b

#969e87

#879e9b

Shades

Color #8f879e mixed toward black.

#766d87

#5f576c

#474251

#2f2c36

#18161b

Tints

Color #8f879e mixed toward white.

#a29bae

#b4afbe

#c7c3cf

#dad7df

#ecebef

Tones

Color #8f879e mixed toward gray.

#90899c

#908b9a

#918d98

#918f96

#929195

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.13:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.13:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8c99 · ΔE 5.9

Deuteranopia

#8c8d98 · ΔE 7

Tritanopia

#8f9594 · ΔE 14.5

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 11.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8f879e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8f879e]

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

#8f879e (#8f879e) is rgb(143, 135, 158) in RGB.

No, #8f879e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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