#835a9d

Color #835a9d

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 18.99 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 13.7

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Conversions

HEX

#835a9d

RGB

rgb(131, 90, 157)

HSL

hsl(276.7, 27.1%, 48.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.7, 42.7%, 61.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.6%, 42.7%, 0%, 38.4%)

LAB

lab(45.04, 29.76, -30.04)

LCH

lch(45.04, 42.29, 314.73)

OKLCH

oklch(53.8%, 0.1108, 311.27)

HWB

hwb(276.7, 35.3%, 38.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#749d5a

Analogous

#615a9d

#835a9d

#9d5a95

Triadic

#835a9d

#9d835a

#5a9d83

Split-complementary

#835a9d

#959d5a

#5a9d61

Tetradic

#835a9d

#9d5a74

#749d5a

#5a9d83

Square

#835a9d

#9d615a

#749d5a

#5a959d

Shades

Color #835a9d mixed toward black.

#6d4b83

#573c69

#412d4e

#2c1e34

#160f1a

Tints

Color #835a9d mixed toward white.

#9874af

#ad90bf

#c1abcf

#d6c7df

#eae3ef

Tones

Color #835a9d mixed toward gray.

#826097

#806592

#7f6b8c

#7e7087

#7d7681

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.91:1

White text reads better on this background (5.36:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#737390 · ΔE 13.2

Deuteranopia

#76798d · ΔE 16.4

Tritanopia

#818583 · ΔE 25.4

Achromatopsia

#6b6b6b · ΔE 23.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #835a9d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#835a9d]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#835a9d (#835a9d) is rgb(131, 90, 157) in RGB.

No, #835a9d 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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