#815e8b

Color #815e8b

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 26.96 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 9.6

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Conversions

HEX

#815e8b

RGB

rgb(129, 94, 139)

HSL

hsl(286.7, 19.3%, 45.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(286.7, 32.4%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.2%, 32.4%, 0%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(44.99, 22.71, -19.38)

LCH

lch(44.99, 29.86, 319.52)

OKLCH

oklch(53.5%, 0.08, 318.6)

HWB

hwb(286.7, 36.9%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#688b5e

Analogous

#6b5e8b

#815e8b

#8b5e7f

Triadic

#815e8b

#8b815e

#5e8b81

Split-complementary

#815e8b

#7f8b5e

#5e8b6b

Tetradic

#815e8b

#8b5e68

#688b5e

#5e8b81

Square

#815e8b

#8b6b5e

#688b5e

#5e7f8b

Shades

Color #815e8b mixed toward black.

#6c4e74

#563f5d

#412f46

#2b1f2e

#161017

Tints

Color #815e8b mixed toward white.

#9875a2

#ad91b5

#c1acc7

#d6c8da

#eae3ec

Tones

Color #815e8b mixed toward gray.

#7f6287

#7d6684

#7b6980

#796d7c

#777178

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.91:1

White text reads better on this background (5.37:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#737382 · ΔE 15.1

Deuteranopia

#757880 · ΔE 18.7

Tritanopia

#807a78 · ΔE 20.9

Achromatopsia

#6a6a6a · ΔE 20.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #815e8b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#815e8b]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#815e8b (#815e8b) is rgb(129, 94, 139) in RGB.

No, #815e8b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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