#875f9f

Color #875f9f

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 21.08 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 13.2

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Conversions

HEX

#875f9f

RGB

rgb(135, 95, 159)

HSL

hsl(277.5, 25.2%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.5, 40.3%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.1%, 40.3%, 0%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(46.76, 28.55, -28.5)

LCH

lch(46.76, 40.34, 315.05)

OKLCH

oklch(55.3%, 0.106, 311.98)

HWB

hwb(277.5, 37.3%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#779f5f

Analogous

#675f9f

#875f9f

#9f5f97

Triadic

#875f9f

#9f875f

#5f9f87

Split-complementary

#875f9f

#979f5f

#5f9f67

Tetradic

#875f9f

#9f5f77

#779f5f

#5f9f87

Square

#875f9f

#9f675f

#779f5f

#5f979f

Shades

Color #875f9f mixed toward black.

#704f84

#5a3f6a

#432f4f

#2d2035

#16101a

Tints

Color #875f9f mixed toward white.

#9b79af

#af94bf

#c3afcf

#d7cadf

#ebe4ef

Tones

Color #875f9f mixed toward gray.

#86649a

#846a94

#836f8f

#82748a

#807a84

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.17:1

White 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

#787793 · ΔE 13

Deuteranopia

#7a7d90 · ΔE 16.5

Tritanopia

#858885 · ΔE 25.9

Achromatopsia

#6f6f6f · ΔE 22.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #875f9f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#875f9f]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#875f9f (#875f9f) is rgb(135, 95, 159) in RGB.

No, #875f9f 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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