#8856a3

Color #8856a3

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 18.74 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 11.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8856a3

RGB

rgb(136, 86, 163)

HSL

hsl(279, 30.9%, 48.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279, 47.2%, 63.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.6%, 47.2%, 0%, 36.1%)

LAB

lab(44.99, 34.96, -33.64)

LCH

lch(44.99, 48.52, 316.1)

OKLCH

oklch(54%, 0.1273, 312.74)

HWB

hwb(279, 33.7%, 36.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#71a356

Analogous

#6256a3

#8856a3

#a35697

Triadic

#8856a3

#a38856

#56a388

Split-complementary

#8856a3

#97a356

#56a362

Tetradic

#8856a3

#a35671

#71a356

#56a388

Square

#8856a3

#a36256

#71a356

#5697a3

Shades

Color #8856a3 mixed toward black.

#714888

#5b396d

#442b51

#2d1d36

#170e1b

Tints

Color #8856a3 mixed toward white.

#9c71b4

#b08dc3

#c4aad2

#d8c6e1

#ebe3f0

Tones

Color #8856a3 mixed toward gray.

#865c9c

#846396

#826990

#807089

#7e7683

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.91:1

White text reads better on this background (5.38:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#767595 · ΔE 14.5

Deuteranopia

#787c91 · ΔE 17.8

Tritanopia

#868886 · ΔE 27.4

Achromatopsia

#6a6a6a · ΔE 24.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8856a3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8856a3]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8856a3 (#8856a3) is rgb(136, 86, 163) in RGB.

No, #8856a3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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