#8164aa

Color #8164aa

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 19.16 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 13

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Conversions

HEX

#8164aa

RGB

rgb(129, 100, 170)

HSL

hsl(264.9, 29.2%, 52.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(264.9, 41.2%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.1%, 41.2%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(47.86, 26.37, -33.31)

LCH

lch(47.86, 42.48, 308.37)

OKLCH

oklch(56.1%, 0.1095, 302.09)

HWB

hwb(264.9, 39.2%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8daa64

Analogous

#646aaa

#8164aa

#a464aa

Triadic

#8164aa

#aa8164

#64aa81

Split-complementary

#8164aa

#aaa464

#6aaa64

Tetradic

#8164aa

#aa648d

#8daa64

#64aa81

Square

#8164aa

#aa646a

#8daa64

#64aaa4

Shades

Color #8164aa mixed toward black.

#6b5091

#554074

#403057

#2b203a

#15101d

Tints

Color #8164aa mixed toward white.

#967eb8

#ab98c6

#c0b1d4

#d5cbe3

#eae5f1

Tones

Color #8164aa mixed toward gray.

#826aa4

#83709e

#847598

#857b93

#86818d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.34:1

White text reads better on this background (4.84:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#76759d · ΔE 9

Deuteranopia

#777999 · ΔE 11.3

Tritanopia

#80918e · ΔE 26.3

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 22.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8164aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8164aa]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Purple #9370db

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Frequently asked questions

#8164aa (#8164aa) is rgb(129, 100, 170) in RGB.

No, #8164aa 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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