#836d80

Color #836d80

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium magenta.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 14.82 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#836d80

RGB

rgb(131, 109, 128)

HSL

hsl(308.2, 9.2%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(308.2, 16.8%, 51.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 2.3%, 48.6%)

LAB

lab(48.66, 12.22, -7.23)

LCH

lch(48.66, 14.2, 329.39)

OKLCH

oklch(56.2%, 0.0393, 330.56)

HWB

hwb(308.2, 42.7%, 48.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6d8370

Analogous

#7b6d83

#836d80

#836d75

Triadic

#836d80

#80836d

#6d8083

Split-complementary

#836d80

#75836d

#6d837b

Tetradic

#836d80

#83706d

#6d8370

#6d8083

Square

#836d80

#837b6d

#6d8370

#6d7583

Shades

Color #836d80 mixed toward black.

#6d5b6b

#574955

#423740

#2c242b

#161215

Tints

Color #836d80 mixed toward white.

#998496

#ad9dab

#c2b5c0

#d6ced5

#ebe6ea

Tones

Color #836d80 mixed toward gray.

#816f7f

#7f717d

#7e737c

#7c747b

#7a7679

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.46:1

White text reads better on this background (4.7:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a7a7c · ΔE 13.1

Deuteranopia

#7b7d7b · ΔE 16.7

Tritanopia

#827877 · ΔE 10.9

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 13.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #836d80;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#836d80]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#836d80 (#836d80) is rgb(131, 109, 128) in RGB.

No, #836d80 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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