#816aa8

Color #816aa8

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 22.38 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 12.6

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Conversions

HEX

#816aa8

RGB

rgb(129, 106, 168)

HSL

hsl(262.3, 26.3%, 53.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(262.3, 36.9%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.2%, 36.9%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(49.26, 22.31, -29.95)

LCH

lch(49.26, 37.35, 306.68)

OKLCH

oklch(57.1%, 0.0964, 300.47)

HWB

hwb(262.3, 41.6%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#91a86a

Analogous

#6a72a8

#816aa8

#a06aa8

Triadic

#816aa8

#a8816a

#6aa881

Split-complementary

#816aa8

#a8a06a

#72a86a

Tetradic

#816aa8

#a86a91

#91a86a

#6aa881

Square

#816aa8

#a86a72

#91a86a

#6aa8a0

Shades

Color #816aa8 mixed toward black.

#6a5490

#554373

#403256

#2b223a

#15111d

Tints

Color #816aa8 mixed toward white.

#9683b6

#ab9cc5

#c0b4d3

#d5cde2

#eae6f0

Tones

Color #816aa8 mixed toward gray.

#826fa3

#84749e

#857998

#867f93

#88848e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.56:1

White text reads better on this background (4.6:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#78789c · ΔE 8.3

Deuteranopia

#797b99 · ΔE 10.2

Tritanopia

#80918f · ΔE 24.9

Achromatopsia

#757575 · ΔE 21.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #816aa8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#816aa8]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#816aa8 (#816aa8) is rgb(129, 106, 168) in RGB.

No, #816aa8 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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