#835c9c

Color #835c9c

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 19.91 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 13.2

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Conversions

HEX

#835c9c

RGB

rgb(131, 92, 156)

HSL

hsl(276.6, 25.8%, 48.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.6, 41%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(16%, 41%, 0%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(45.47, 28.35, -28.78)

LCH

lch(45.47, 40.4, 314.57)

OKLCH

oklch(54.1%, 0.1059, 311.25)

HWB

hwb(276.6, 36.1%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#759c5c

Analogous

#635c9c

#835c9c

#9c5c95

Triadic

#835c9c

#9c835c

#5c9c83

Split-complementary

#835c9c

#959c5c

#5c9c63

Tetradic

#835c9c

#9c5c75

#759c5c

#5c9c83

Square

#835c9c

#9c635c

#759c5c

#5c959c

Shades

Color #835c9c mixed toward black.

#6d4d82

#573d68

#412e4e

#2c1f34

#160f1a

Tints

Color #835c9c mixed toward white.

#9876ae

#ad91be

#c1adce

#d6c8df

#eae4ef

Tones

Color #835c9c mixed toward gray.

#826197

#816791

#7f6c8c

#7e7187

#7d7781

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.98:1

White text reads better on this background (5.28:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#747490 · ΔE 13

Deuteranopia

#76798d · ΔE 16

Tritanopia

#818583 · ΔE 25

Achromatopsia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 22.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #835c9c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#835c9c]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#835c9c (#835c9c) is rgb(131, 92, 156) in RGB.

No, #835c9c 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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