#8656a3

Color #8656a3

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 18.11 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 12

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Conversions

HEX

#8656a3

RGB

rgb(134, 86, 163)

HSL

hsl(277.4, 30.9%, 48.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.4, 47.2%, 63.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.8%, 47.2%, 0%, 36.1%)

LAB

lab(44.76, 34.36, -34.02)

LCH

lch(44.76, 48.35, 315.28)

OKLCH

oklch(53.8%, 0.1265, 311.54)

HWB

hwb(277.4, 33.7%, 36.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#73a356

Analogous

#5f56a3

#8656a3

#a35699

Triadic

#8656a3

#a38656

#56a386

Split-complementary

#8656a3

#99a356

#56a35f

Tetradic

#8656a3

#a35673

#73a356

#56a386

Square

#8656a3

#a35f56

#73a356

#5699a3

Shades

Color #8656a3 mixed toward black.

#704888

#59396d

#432b51

#2d1d36

#160e1b

Tints

Color #8656a3 mixed toward white.

#9a71b4

#af8dc3

#c3aad2

#d7c6e1

#ebe3f0

Tones

Color #8656a3 mixed toward gray.

#845c9c

#836396

#816990

#807089

#7e7683

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.87:1

White text reads better on this background (5.42:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#747495 · ΔE 14.1

Deuteranopia

#777a91 · ΔE 17

Tritanopia

#848886 · ΔE 26.8

Achromatopsia

#6a6a6a · ΔE 24.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8656a3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8656a3]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8656a3 (#8656a3) is rgb(134, 86, 163) in RGB.

No, #8656a3 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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