#876dbe

Color #876dbe

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 14.66 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 11.7

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Conversions

HEX

#876dbe

RGB

rgb(135, 109, 190)

HSL

hsl(259.3, 38.4%, 58.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(259.3, 42.6%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.9%, 42.6%, 0%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(51.62, 27.85, -38.97)

LCH

lch(51.62, 47.9, 305.55)

OKLCH

oklch(59.4%, 0.1228, 297.3)

HWB

hwb(259.3, 42.7%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a4be6d

Analogous

#6d7bbe

#876dbe

#b06dbe

Triadic

#876dbe

#be876d

#6dbe87

Split-complementary

#876dbe

#beb06d

#7bbe6d

Tetradic

#876dbe

#be6da4

#a4be6d

#6dbe87

Square

#876dbe

#be6d7b

#a4be6d

#6dbeb0

Shades

Color #876dbe mixed toward black.

#6b4dac

#563d8a

#402e67

#2b1f45

#150f22

Tints

Color #876dbe mixed toward white.

#9b85c9

#af9ed4

#c3b6de

#d7cee9

#ebe7f4

Tones

Color #876dbe mixed toward gray.

#8974b7

#8c7ab0

#8e81aa

#9188a3

#938f9c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.96:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7caf · ΔE 7.5

Deuteranopia

#7e80ab · ΔE 9.4

Tritanopia

#86a19e · ΔE 27.6

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 23.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #876dbe;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#876dbe]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#876dbe (#876dbe) is rgb(135, 109, 190) in RGB.

No, #876dbe 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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