#857492

Color #857492

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 15.14 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#857492

RGB

rgb(133, 116, 146)

HSL

hsl(274, 12.1%, 51.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274, 20.5%, 57.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.9%, 20.5%, 0%, 42.7%)

LAB

lab(51.33, 12.57, -13.84)

LCH

lch(51.33, 18.7, 312.25)

OKLCH

oklch(58.5%, 0.0492, 310.3)

HWB

hwb(274, 45.5%, 42.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#819274

Analogous

#767492

#857492

#927490

Triadic

#857492

#928574

#749285

Split-complementary

#857492

#909274

#749276

Tetradic

#857492

#927481

#819274

#749285

Square

#857492

#927674

#819274

#749092

Shades

Color #857492 mixed toward black.

#6f607a

#594d62

#433a49

#2c2631

#161318

Tints

Color #857492 mixed toward white.

#998ba4

#aea2b6

#c2bac9

#d6d1db

#ebe8ed

Tones

Color #857492 mixed toward gray.

#857790

#84798d

#847c8b

#847e88

#838186

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.91:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7e8b · ΔE 10

Deuteranopia

#7f808a · ΔE 11.6

Tritanopia

#848685 · ΔE 16.9

Achromatopsia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 15.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #857492;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#857492]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#857492 (#857492) is rgb(133, 116, 146) in RGB.

No, #857492 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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