#83799f

Color #83799f

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 16.35 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#83799f

RGB

rgb(131, 121, 159)

HSL

hsl(255.8, 16.5%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(255.8, 23.9%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.6%, 23.9%, 0%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(52.95, 11.88, -18.98)

LCH

lch(52.95, 22.39, 302.04)

OKLCH

oklch(59.9%, 0.0581, 296.7)

HWB

hwb(255.8, 47.5%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#959f79

Analogous

#79829f

#83799f

#96799f

Triadic

#83799f

#9f8379

#799f83

Split-complementary

#83799f

#9f9679

#829f79

Tetradic

#83799f

#9f7995

#959f79

#799f83

Square

#83799f

#9f7982

#959f79

#799f96

Shades

Color #83799f mixed toward black.

#6c6188

#564e6d

#413a52

#2b2736

#16131b

Tints

Color #83799f mixed toward white.

#988faf

#aca6bf

#c1bccf

#d6d2df

#eae9ef

Tones

Color #83799f mixed toward gray.

#857c9c

#867f99

#888395

#898692

#8a898f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.2:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.2:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f7f97 · ΔE 6.1

Deuteranopia

#7f8095 · ΔE 7.4

Tritanopia

#83908f · ΔE 20.7

Achromatopsia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 16.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #83799f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#83799f]

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

#83799f (#83799f) is rgb(131, 121, 159) in RGB.

No, #83799f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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