#81608c

Color #81608c

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 26.41 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#81608c

RGB

rgb(129, 96, 140)

HSL

hsl(285, 18.6%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(285, 31.4%, 54.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.9%, 31.4%, 0%, 45.1%)

LAB

lab(45.53, 21.74, -19.15)

LCH

lch(45.53, 28.97, 318.62)

OKLCH

oklch(53.9%, 0.0774, 317.46)

HWB

hwb(285, 37.6%, 45.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6b8c60

Analogous

#6b608c

#81608c

#8c6081

Triadic

#81608c

#8c8160

#608c81

Split-complementary

#81608c

#818c60

#608c6b

Tetradic

#81608c

#8c606b

#6b8c60

#608c81

Square

#81608c

#8c6b60

#6b8c60

#60818c

Shades

Color #81608c mixed toward black.

#6c5075

#56405d

#413046

#2b202f

#161017

Tints

Color #81608c mixed toward white.

#9778a2

#ac93b5

#c1aec7

#d6c9da

#eae4ec

Tones

Color #81608c mixed toward gray.

#7f6488

#7d6785

#7c6b81

#7a6f7d

#78727a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.99:1

White text reads better on this background (5.27:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#747483 · ΔE 14.7

Deuteranopia

#767881 · ΔE 17.7

Tritanopia

#807b7a · ΔE 20.2

Achromatopsia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 20

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Code

CSS

background-color: #81608c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#81608c]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Frequently asked questions

#81608c (#81608c) is rgb(129, 96, 140) in RGB.

No, #81608c is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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