#8781a0

Color #8781a0

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 11.96 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 10.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8781a0

RGB

rgb(135, 129, 160)

HSL

hsl(251.6, 14%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(251.6, 19.4%, 62.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.6%, 19.4%, 0%, 37.3%)

LAB

lab(55.47, 8.78, -15.7)

LCH

lch(55.47, 17.99, 299.22)

OKLCH

oklch(61.9%, 0.0467, 293.88)

HWB

hwb(251.6, 50.6%, 37.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9aa081

Analogous

#818ba0

#8781a0

#9781a0

Triadic

#8781a0

#a08781

#81a087

Split-complementary

#8781a0

#a09781

#8ba081

Tetradic

#8781a0

#a0819a

#9aa081

#81a087

Square

#8781a0

#a0818b

#9aa081

#81a097

Shades

Color #8781a0 mixed toward black.

#6e6889

#58536e

#423e52

#2c2937

#16151b

Tints

Color #8781a0 mixed toward white.

#9b96b0

#afabc0

#c3c0d0

#d7d5df

#ebeaef

Tones

Color #8781a0 mixed toward gray.

#89849d

#8a869b

#8c8998

#8d8b96

#8f8e93

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.68:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#848499 · ΔE 4.6

Deuteranopia

#858598 · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#879492 · ΔE 18.8

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 14

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8781a0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8781a0]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8781a0 (#8781a0) is rgb(135, 129, 160) in RGB.

No, #8781a0 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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