#836fa8

Color #836fa8

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 24.52 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 12.4

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Conversions

HEX

#836fa8

RGB

rgb(131, 111, 168)

HSL

hsl(261.1, 24.7%, 54.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(261.1, 33.9%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(22%, 33.9%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(50.71, 19.96, -27.67)

LCH

lch(50.71, 34.12, 305.81)

OKLCH

oklch(58.3%, 0.0882, 299.76)

HWB

hwb(261.1, 43.5%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#94a86f

Analogous

#6f77a8

#836fa8

#a06fa8

Triadic

#836fa8

#a8836f

#6fa883

Split-complementary

#836fa8

#a8a06f

#77a86f

Tetradic

#836fa8

#a86f94

#94a86f

#6fa883

Square

#836fa8

#a86f77

#94a86f

#6fa8a0

Shades

Color #836fa8 mixed toward black.

#6c5891

#564674

#413557

#2b233a

#16121d

Tints

Color #836fa8 mixed toward white.

#9887b7

#ac9fc5

#c1b7d4

#d6cfe2

#eae7f1

Tones

Color #836fa8 mixed toward gray.

#8474a3

#86789f

#877d9a

#898295

#8a8790

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.8:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7b9d · ΔE 7.7

Deuteranopia

#7c7d9a · ΔE 9.3

Tritanopia

#829391 · ΔE 24.5

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 20.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #836fa8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#836fa8]

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Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#836fa8 (#836fa8) is rgb(131, 111, 168) in RGB.

No, #836fa8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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