#827e9d

Color #827e9d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 11.64 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 10.1

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Conversions

HEX

#827e9d

RGB

rgb(130, 126, 157)

HSL

hsl(247.7, 13.7%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.7, 19.7%, 61.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.2%, 19.7%, 0%, 38.4%)

LAB

lab(54.13, 8.15, -16.03)

LCH

lch(54.13, 17.98, 296.95)

OKLCH

oklch(60.8%, 0.0467, 290.8)

HWB

hwb(247.7, 49.4%, 38.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#999d7e

Analogous

#7e8a9d

#827e9d

#927e9d

Triadic

#827e9d

#9d827e

#7e9d82

Split-complementary

#827e9d

#9d927e

#8a9d7e

Tetradic

#827e9d

#9d7e99

#999d7e

#7e9d82

Square

#827e9d

#9d7e8a

#999d7e

#7e9d92

Shades

Color #827e9d mixed toward black.

#6a6686

#55516b

#403d50

#2a2936

#15141b

Tints

Color #827e9d mixed toward white.

#9793ad

#aca9be

#c0bece

#d5d4de

#eae9ef

Tones

Color #827e9d mixed toward gray.

#84819a

#868398

#888695

#8a8893

#8c8b90

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.42:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#808096 · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#818195 · ΔE 4.6

Tritanopia

#82918f · ΔE 19

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 13.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #827e9d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#827e9d]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#827e9d (#827e9d) is rgb(130, 126, 157) in RGB.

No, #827e9d 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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