#857c91

Color #857c91

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 9.83 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#857c91

RGB

rgb(133, 124, 145)

HSL

hsl(265.7, 8.7%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(265.7, 14.5%, 56.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.3%, 14.5%, 0%, 43.1%)

LAB

lab(53.43, 7.66, -10.08)

LCH

lch(53.43, 12.66, 307.23)

OKLCH

oklch(60.2%, 0.0331, 304.79)

HWB

hwb(265.7, 48.6%, 43.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#88917c

Analogous

#7c7d91

#857c91

#8f7c91

Triadic

#857c91

#91857c

#7c9185

Split-complementary

#857c91

#918f7c

#7d917c

Tetradic

#857c91

#917c88

#88917c

#7c9185

Square

#857c91

#917c7d

#88917c

#7c918f

Shades

Color #857c91 mixed toward black.

#6f667a

#585261

#423d49

#2c2931

#161418

Tints

Color #857c91 mixed toward white.

#9992a3

#aea8b6

#c2bdc8

#d6d3da

#ebe9ed

Tones

Color #857c91 mixed toward gray.

#857e8f

#857f8d

#86818c

#86838a

#868588

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.29:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#81818c · ΔE 6.4

Deuteranopia

#82828b · ΔE 7.2

Tritanopia

#858888 · ΔE 12.8

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 11.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #857c91;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#857c91]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Purple #9370db

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#857c91 (#857c91) is rgb(133, 124, 145) in RGB.

No, #857c91 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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