#837597

Color #837597

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 15.71 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#837597

RGB

rgb(131, 117, 151)

HSL

hsl(264.7, 14%, 52.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(264.7, 22.5%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.2%, 22.5%, 0%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(51.59, 12.4, -16.39)

LCH

lch(51.59, 20.55, 307.11)

OKLCH

oklch(58.7%, 0.0535, 303.57)

HWB

hwb(264.7, 45.9%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#899775

Analogous

#757897

#837597

#947597

Triadic

#837597

#978375

#759783

Split-complementary

#837597

#979475

#789775

Tetradic

#837597

#977589

#899775

#759783

Square

#837597

#977578

#899775

#759794

Shades

Color #837597 mixed toward black.

#6d607f

#574d66

#413a4c

#2c2633

#161319

Tints

Color #837597 mixed toward white.

#988ca8

#aca3ba

#c1bacb

#d6d1dc

#eae8ee

Tones

Color #837597 mixed toward gray.

#837894

#847b91

#847d8e

#85808c

#858389

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.96:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7d90 · ΔE 8

Deuteranopia

#7e7f8e · ΔE 9.8

Tritanopia

#828a88 · ΔE 19.7

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 15.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #837597;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#837597]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Frequently asked questions

#837597 (#837597) is rgb(131, 117, 151) in RGB.

No, #837597 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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