#837091

Color #837091

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 17.03 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#837091

RGB

rgb(131, 112, 145)

HSL

hsl(274.5, 13%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.5, 22.8%, 56.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.7%, 22.8%, 0%, 43.1%)

LAB

lab(50.05, 14.01, -15.21)

LCH

lch(50.05, 20.68, 312.65)

OKLCH

oklch(57.5%, 0.0544, 310.6)

HWB

hwb(274.5, 43.9%, 43.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7e9170

Analogous

#737091

#837091

#91708e

Triadic

#837091

#918370

#709183

Split-complementary

#837091

#8e9170

#709173

Tetradic

#837091

#91707e

#7e9170

#709183

Square

#837091

#917370

#7e9170

#708e91

Shades

Color #837091 mixed toward black.

#6d5d79

#574b61

#423849

#2c2530

#161318

Tints

Color #837091 mixed toward white.

#9888a3

#aca0b6

#c1b8c8

#d6cfda

#eae7ed

Tones

Color #837091 mixed toward gray.

#83738e

#82768b

#827889

#817b86

#817e83

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.69:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.69:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7b8a · ΔE 10.4

Deuteranopia

#7c7e88 · ΔE 13.1

Tritanopia

#828483 · ΔE 18

Achromatopsia

#777777 · ΔE 16.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #837091;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#837091]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#837091 (#837091) is rgb(131, 112, 145) in RGB.

No, #837091 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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