#836498

Color #836498

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 24.9 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 10.7

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Conversions

HEX

#836498

RGB

rgb(131, 100, 152)

HSL

hsl(275.8, 20.6%, 49.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.8, 34.2%, 59.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.8%, 34.2%, 0%, 40.4%)

LAB

lab(47.24, 22.71, -23.65)

LCH

lch(47.24, 32.79, 313.84)

OKLCH

oklch(55.4%, 0.0861, 311)

HWB

hwb(275.8, 39.2%, 40.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#799864

Analogous

#696498

#836498

#986493

Triadic

#836498

#988364

#649883

Split-complementary

#836498

#939864

#649869

Tetradic

#836498

#986479

#799864

#649883

Square

#836498

#986964

#799864

#649398

Shades

Color #836498 mixed toward black.

#6d537f

#574365

#41324c

#2c2133

#161119

Tints

Color #836498 mixed toward white.

#987daa

#ac97bb

#c1b1cc

#d6cbdd

#eae5ee

Tones

Color #836498 mixed toward gray.

#826894

#816d8f

#80718b

#807587

#7f7a82

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.24:1

White text reads better on this background (4.95:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#77778e · ΔE 12.4

Deuteranopia

#797b8b · ΔE 15.4

Tritanopia

#828583 · ΔE 23.3

Achromatopsia

#707070 · ΔE 20.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #836498;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#836498]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#836498 (#836498) is rgb(131, 100, 152) in RGB.

No, #836498 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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