#857790

Color #857790

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 12.57 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#857790

RGB

rgb(133, 119, 144)

HSL

hsl(273.6, 10.1%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(273.6, 17.4%, 56.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.6%, 17.4%, 0%, 43.5%)

LAB

lab(52.06, 10.37, -11.57)

LCH

lch(52.06, 15.54, 311.87)

OKLCH

oklch(59.1%, 0.0409, 310.24)

HWB

hwb(273.6, 46.7%, 43.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#829077

Analogous

#797790

#857790

#90778f

Triadic

#857790

#908577

#779085

Split-complementary

#857790

#8f9077

#779079

Tetradic

#857790

#907782

#829077

#779085

Square

#857790

#907977

#829077

#778f90

Shades

Color #857790 mixed toward black.

#6f6379

#594f61

#433b48

#2c2730

#161418

Tints

Color #857790 mixed toward white.

#998ea3

#aea4b5

#c2bbc8

#d6d2da

#ebe8ed

Tones

Color #857790 mixed toward gray.

#85798e

#857b8c

#847d8a

#847f88

#848286

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.04:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.04:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f7f8a · ΔE 8.9

Deuteranopia

#808189 · ΔE 10.5

Tritanopia

#848685 · ΔE 15.1

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 13.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #857790;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#857790]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#857790 (#857790) is rgb(133, 119, 144) in RGB.

No, #857790 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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