#83789f

Color #83789f

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 17.07 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#83789f

RGB

rgb(131, 120, 159)

HSL

hsl(256.9, 16.9%, 54.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(256.9, 24.5%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.6%, 24.5%, 0%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(52.69, 12.47, -19.39)

LCH

lch(52.69, 23.05, 302.75)

OKLCH

oklch(59.7%, 0.0598, 297.46)

HWB

hwb(256.9, 47.1%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#949f78

Analogous

#78809f

#83789f

#96789f

Triadic

#83789f

#9f8378

#789f83

Split-complementary

#83789f

#9f9678

#809f78

Tetradic

#83789f

#9f7894

#949f78

#789f83

Square

#83789f

#9f7880

#949f78

#789f96

Shades

Color #83789f mixed toward black.

#6c6188

#564d6d

#413a52

#2b2736

#16131b

Tints

Color #83789f mixed toward white.

#988eaf

#aca5bf

#c1bbcf

#d6d2df

#eae8ef

Tones

Color #83789f mixed toward gray.

#847b9c

#867e98

#878295

#898592

#8a888f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.15:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7e97 · ΔE 6.2

Deuteranopia

#7f8095 · ΔE 7.9

Tritanopia

#82908e · ΔE 21.6

Achromatopsia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 16.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #83789f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#83789f]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#83789f (#83789f) is rgb(131, 120, 159) in RGB.

No, #83789f 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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