#8f8a93

Color #8f8a93

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 7.14 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#8f8a93

RGB

rgb(143, 138, 147)

HSL

hsl(273.3, 4%, 55.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(273.3, 6.1%, 57.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.7%, 6.1%, 0%, 42.4%)

LAB

lab(58.15, 3.62, -4.13)

LCH

lch(58.15, 5.49, 311.23)

OKLCH

oklch(64.1%, 0.0145, 310.52)

HWB

hwb(273.3, 54.1%, 42.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8e938a

Analogous

#8b8a93

#8f8a93

#938a93

Triadic

#8f8a93

#938f8a

#8a938f

Split-complementary

#8f8a93

#93938a

#8a938b

Tetradic

#8f8a93

#938a8e

#8e938a

#8a938f

Square

#8f8a93

#938b8a

#8e938a

#8a9393

Shades

Color #8f8a93 mixed toward black.

#77727c

#5f5b63

#48444a

#302e31

#181719

Tints

Color #8f8a93 mixed toward white.

#a29ea5

#b4b1b7

#c7c5c9

#dad8db

#ececed

Tones

Color #8f8a93 mixed toward gray.

#8f8b92

#8f8c92

#8f8c91

#8f8d90

#8f8e8f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.22:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8d91 · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#8d8e90 · ΔE 5.4

Tritanopia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 6

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 5.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8f8a93;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8f8a93]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#8f8a93 (#8f8a93) is rgb(143, 138, 147) in RGB.

No, #8f8a93 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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