#8871b3

Color #8871b3

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 23.11 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 12.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8871b3

RGB

rgb(136, 113, 179)

HSL

hsl(260.9, 30.3%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260.9, 36.9%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(24%, 36.9%, 0%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(52.17, 23.02, -31.75)

LCH

lch(52.17, 39.22, 305.94)

OKLCH

oklch(59.7%, 0.1012, 299.35)

HWB

hwb(260.9, 44.3%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9cb371

Analogous

#717bb3

#8871b3

#a971b3

Triadic

#8871b3

#b38871

#71b388

Split-complementary

#8871b3

#b3a971

#7bb371

Tetradic

#8871b3

#b3719c

#9cb371

#71b388

Square

#8871b3

#b3717b

#9cb371

#71b3a9

Shades

Color #8871b3 mixed toward black.

#6f559f

#58447f

#42335f

#2c223f

#161120

Tints

Color #8871b3 mixed toward white.

#9c89c0

#b0a0cc

#c4b8d9

#d7d0e6

#ebe7f2

Tones

Color #8871b3 mixed toward gray.

#8a77ae

#8b7ca8

#8d82a3

#8f879d

#908d98

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.06:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.06:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f7ea6 · ΔE 7.5

Deuteranopia

#8082a3 · ΔE 9.7

Tritanopia

#879b98 · ΔE 25.9

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 22

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8871b3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8871b3]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#8871b3 (#8871b3) is rgb(136, 113, 179) in RGB.

No, #8871b3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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