#856b82

Color #856b82

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium magenta.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 17.35 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#856b82

RGB

rgb(133, 107, 130)

HSL

hsl(306.9, 10.8%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(306.9, 19.5%, 52.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 2.3%, 47.8%)

LAB

lab(48.4, 14.54, -8.79)

LCH

lch(48.4, 16.99, 328.85)

OKLCH

oklch(56.1%, 0.047, 330)

HWB

hwb(306.9, 42%, 47.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6b856e

Analogous

#7b6b85

#856b82

#856b75

Triadic

#856b82

#82856b

#6b8285

Split-complementary

#856b82

#75856b

#6b857b

Tetradic

#856b82

#856e6b

#6b856e

#6b8285

Square

#856b82

#857b6b

#6b856e

#6b7585

Shades

Color #856b82 mixed toward black.

#6f596c

#594757

#433641

#2c242b

#161216

Tints

Color #856b82 mixed toward white.

#9b8298

#af9bad

#c3b4c1

#d7cdd6

#ebe6ea

Tones

Color #856b82 mixed toward gray.

#836d80

#816f7f

#7f727d

#7c747b

#7a767a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.42:1

White text reads better on this background (4.75:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7a7d · ΔE 14

Deuteranopia

#7c7e7c · ΔE 18.6

Tritanopia

#847978 · ΔE 12.6

Achromatopsia

#737373 · ΔE 15.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #856b82;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#856b82]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#856b82 (#856b82) is rgb(133, 107, 130) in RGB.

No, #856b82 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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