#856c85

Color #856c85

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium magenta.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 17.2 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#856c85

RGB

rgb(133, 108, 133)

HSL

hsl(300, 10.4%, 47.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(300, 18.8%, 52.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 0%, 47.8%)

LAB

lab(48.77, 14.56, -10.03)

LCH

lch(48.77, 17.68, 325.44)

OKLCH

oklch(56.4%, 0.0483, 326.15)

HWB

hwb(300, 42.4%, 47.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6c856c

Analogous

#796c85

#856c85

#856c79

Triadic

#856c85

#85856c

#6c8585

Split-complementary

#856c85

#79856c

#6c8579

Tetradic

#856c85

#856c6c

#6c856c

#6c8585

Square

#856c85

#85796c

#6c856c

#6c7985

Shades

Color #856c85 mixed toward black.

#6f5a6f

#594859

#433643

#2c242c

#161216

Tints

Color #856c85 mixed toward white.

#9b839b

#af9caf

#c3b5c3

#d7ced7

#ebe6eb

Tones

Color #856c85 mixed toward gray.

#836e83

#817081

#7f727f

#7d747d

#7b777b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.48:1

White 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

#7b7b80 · ΔE 13.9

Deuteranopia

#7c7e7e · ΔE 16.7

Tritanopia

#847b7a · ΔE 13.5

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 15.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #856c85;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#856c85]

Related colors

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Violet #ee82ee

Frequently asked questions

#856c85 (#856c85) is rgb(133, 108, 133) in RGB.

No, #856c85 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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