#85808c

Color #85808c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 7.25 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#85808c

RGB

rgb(133, 128, 140)

HSL

hsl(265, 5%, 52.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(265, 8.6%, 54.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(5%, 8.6%, 0%, 45.1%)

LAB

lab(54.36, 4.29, -5.79)

LCH

lch(54.36, 7.21, 306.54)

OKLCH

oklch(60.8%, 0.0188, 304.62)

HWB

hwb(265, 50.2%, 45.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#878c80

Analogous

#80818c

#85808c

#8b808c

Triadic

#85808c

#8c8580

#808c85

Split-complementary

#85808c

#8c8b80

#818c80

Tetradic

#85808c

#8c8087

#878c80

#808c85

Square

#85808c

#8c8081

#878c80

#808c8b

Shades

Color #85808c mixed toward black.

#6f6a75

#59555e

#424046

#2c2a2f

#161517

Tints

Color #85808c mixed toward white.

#99959f

#aeaab2

#c2bfc5

#d6d5d9

#ebeaec

Tones

Color #85808c mixed toward gray.

#85818b

#85828a

#858389

#868488

#868587

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.46:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.46:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#838389 · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#838489 · ΔE 5.2

Tritanopia

#858786 · ΔE 8.6

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 7.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #85808c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#85808c]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Purple #9370db

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Frequently asked questions

#85808c (#85808c) is rgb(133, 128, 140) in RGB.

No, #85808c 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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