#857591

Color #857591

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 14.16 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#857591

RGB

rgb(133, 117, 145)

HSL

hsl(274.3, 11.3%, 51.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.3, 19.3%, 56.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.3%, 19.3%, 0%, 43.1%)

LAB

lab(51.56, 11.77, -12.91)

LCH

lch(51.56, 17.47, 312.36)

OKLCH

oklch(58.7%, 0.046, 310.59)

HWB

hwb(274.3, 45.9%, 43.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#819175

Analogous

#777591

#857591

#91758f

Triadic

#857591

#918575

#759185

Split-complementary

#857591

#8f9175

#759177

Tetradic

#857591

#917581

#819175

#759185

Square

#857591

#917775

#819175

#758f91

Shades

Color #857591 mixed toward black.

#6f617a

#594e61

#433a49

#2c2731

#161318

Tints

Color #857591 mixed toward white.

#998ca3

#aea3b6

#c2bac8

#d6d1da

#ebe8ed

Tones

Color #857591 mixed toward gray.

#85778f

#847a8c

#847c8a

#847e88

#838185

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.95:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7e8b · ΔE 9.4

Deuteranopia

#7f8089 · ΔE 11.3

Tritanopia

#848685 · ΔE 16.3

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 14.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #857591;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#857591]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#857591 (#857591) is rgb(133, 117, 145) in RGB.

No, #857591 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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