#8f8a97

Color #8f8a97

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 8.59 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8f8a97

RGB

rgb(143, 138, 151)

HSL

hsl(263.1, 5.9%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(263.1, 8.6%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.3%, 8.6%, 0%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(58.27, 4.43, -6.24)

LCH

lch(58.27, 7.65, 305.37)

OKLCH

oklch(64.2%, 0.0199, 303.13)

HWB

hwb(263.1, 54.1%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#92978a

Analogous

#8a8c97

#8f8a97

#968a97

Triadic

#8f8a97

#978f8a

#8a978f

Split-complementary

#8f8a97

#97968a

#8c978a

Tetradic

#8f8a97

#978a92

#92978a

#8a978f

Square

#8f8a97

#978a8c

#92978a

#8a9796

Shades

Color #8f8a97 mixed toward black.

#777180

#5f5b66

#47444d

#302d33

#18171a

Tints

Color #8f8a97 mixed toward white.

#a29ea8

#b4b1ba

#c7c5cb

#dad8dc

#ececee

Tones

Color #8f8a97 mixed toward gray.

#8f8b96

#908c95

#908d94

#908e93

#908f92

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.25:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.25:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8d94 · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#8d8e93 · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#8f9291 · ΔE 9.3

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 7.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8f8a97;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8f8a97]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#8f8a97 (#8f8a97) is rgb(143, 138, 151) in RGB.

No, #8f8a97 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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