#856f85

Color #856f85

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium magenta.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 15.37 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#856f85

RGB

rgb(133, 111, 133)

HSL

hsl(300, 9%, 47.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(300, 16.5%, 52.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 0%, 47.8%)

LAB

lab(49.56, 12.78, -8.85)

LCH

lch(49.56, 15.55, 325.3)

OKLCH

oklch(57%, 0.0424, 326.05)

HWB

hwb(300, 43.5%, 47.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6f856f

Analogous

#7a6f85

#856f85

#856f7a

Triadic

#856f85

#85856f

#6f8585

Split-complementary

#856f85

#7a856f

#6f857a

Tetradic

#856f85

#856f6f

#6f856f

#6f8585

Square

#856f85

#857a6f

#6f856f

#6f7a85

Shades

Color #856f85 mixed toward black.

#6f5c6f

#594a59

#423742

#2c252c

#161216

Tints

Color #856f85 mixed toward white.

#9a869a

#ae9eae

#c2b6c2

#d7cfd7

#ebe7eb

Tones

Color #856f85 mixed toward gray.

#837183

#817381

#7f747f

#7e767e

#7c787c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.61:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7c80 · ΔE 12.9

Deuteranopia

#7d7f7f · ΔE 15.6

Tritanopia

#847c7b · ΔE 12.5

Achromatopsia

#767676 · ΔE 14.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #856f85;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#856f85]

Related colors

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Violet #ee82ee

Frequently asked questions

#856f85 (#856f85) is rgb(133, 111, 133) in RGB.

No, #856f85 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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