#817c97

Color #817c97

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 10.27 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#817c97

RGB

rgb(129, 124, 151)

HSL

hsl(251.1, 11.5%, 53.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(251.1, 17.9%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.6%, 17.9%, 0%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(53.29, 7.59, -13.82)

LCH

lch(53.29, 15.77, 298.78)

OKLCH

oklch(60%, 0.0409, 293.62)

HWB

hwb(251.1, 48.6%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#92977c

Analogous

#7c8497

#817c97

#8e7c97

Triadic

#817c97

#97817c

#7c9781

Split-complementary

#817c97

#978e7c

#84977c

Tetradic

#817c97

#977c92

#92977c

#7c9781

Square

#817c97

#977c84

#92977c

#7c978e

Shades

Color #817c97 mixed toward black.

#6a6580

#555166

#403d4d

#2a2933

#15141a

Tints

Color #817c97 mixed toward white.

#9692a8

#aba8ba

#c0bdcb

#d5d3dc

#eae9ee

Tones

Color #817c97 mixed toward gray.

#827e95

#848092

#858390

#87858e

#88878c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.26:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.26:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f7f91 · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#7f8090 · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#818c8b · ΔE 16.8

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 12.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #817c97;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#817c97]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#817c97 (#817c97) is rgb(129, 124, 151) in RGB.

No, #817c97 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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