#817589

Color #817589

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 11 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#817589

RGB

rgb(129, 117, 137)

HSL

hsl(276, 7.9%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276, 14.6%, 53.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.8%, 14.6%, 0%, 46.3%)

LAB

lab(50.92, 8.61, -9.21)

LCH

lch(50.92, 12.61, 313.07)

OKLCH

oklch(58%, 0.0332, 311.95)

HWB

hwb(276, 45.9%, 46.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7d8975

Analogous

#777589

#817589

#897587

Triadic

#817589

#898175

#758981

Split-complementary

#817589

#878975

#758977

Tetradic

#817589

#89757d

#7d8975

#758981

Square

#817589

#897775

#7d8975

#758789

Shades

Color #817589 mixed toward black.

#6b6172

#564e5b

#403a45

#2b272e

#151317

Tints

Color #817589 mixed toward white.

#968c9d

#aba3b0

#c0bac4

#d5d1d8

#eae8eb

Tones

Color #817589 mixed toward gray.

#817787

#807886

#807a84

#807c82

#7f7d81

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.84:1

Black 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

#7c7c85 · ΔE 7.8

Deuteranopia

#7d7e83 · ΔE 10

Tritanopia

#808180 · ΔE 12.9

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 11.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #817589;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#817589]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#817589 (#817589) is rgb(129, 117, 137) in RGB.

No, #817589 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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