#87778f

Color #87778f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 13.04 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#87778f

RGB

rgb(135, 119, 143)

HSL

hsl(280, 9.7%, 51.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280, 16.8%, 56.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.6%, 16.8%, 0%, 43.9%)

LAB

lab(52.21, 10.88, -10.74)

LCH

lch(52.21, 15.29, 315.37)

OKLCH

oklch(59.2%, 0.0405, 314.5)

HWB

hwb(280, 46.7%, 43.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7f8f77

Analogous

#7b778f

#87778f

#8f778b

Triadic

#87778f

#8f8777

#778f87

Split-complementary

#87778f

#8b8f77

#778f7b

Tetradic

#87778f

#8f777f

#7f8f77

#778f87

Square

#87778f

#8f7b77

#7f8f77

#778b8f

Shades

Color #87778f mixed toward black.

#716378

#5a4f60

#443b48

#2d2730

#171418

Tints

Color #87778f mixed toward white.

#9b8ea2

#afa4b4

#c3bbc7

#d7d2da

#ebe8ec

Tones

Color #87778f mixed toward gray.

#86798d

#867b8b

#857d89

#847f87

#848185

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.07:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#80808a · ΔE 9.5

Deuteranopia

#818288 · ΔE 11.6

Tritanopia

#868584 · ΔE 14.2

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 13.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #87778f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87778f]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#87778f (#87778f) is rgb(135, 119, 143) in RGB.

No, #87778f 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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