#817d9b

Color #817d9b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 11.25 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#817d9b

RGB

rgb(129, 125, 155)

HSL

hsl(248, 13%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248, 19.4%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.8%, 19.4%, 0%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(53.71, 7.93, -15.52)

LCH

lch(53.71, 17.43, 297.06)

OKLCH

oklch(60.4%, 0.0453, 291.07)

HWB

hwb(248, 49%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#979b7d

Analogous

#7d889b

#817d9b

#907d9b

Triadic

#817d9b

#9b817d

#7d9b81

Split-complementary

#817d9b

#9b907d

#889b7d

Tetradic

#817d9b

#9b7d97

#979b7d

#7d9b81

Square

#817d9b

#9b7d88

#979b7d

#7d9b90

Shades

Color #817d9b mixed toward black.

#6a6584

#545169

#3f3d4f

#2a2935

#15141a

Tints

Color #817d9b mixed toward white.

#9693ac

#aba8bc

#c0becd

#d5d4de

#eae9ee

Tones

Color #817d9b mixed toward gray.

#838098

#858296

#878593

#888791

#8a8a8e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.34:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.34:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f7f94 · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#808093 · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#818f8e · ΔE 18.1

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 13.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #817d9b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#817d9b]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#817d9b (#817d9b) is rgb(129, 125, 155) in RGB.

No, #817d9b 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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