#8959a5

Color #8959a5

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 19.1 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 12.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8959a5

RGB

rgb(137, 89, 165)

HSL

hsl(277.9, 29.9%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.9, 46.1%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(17%, 46.1%, 0%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(45.88, 34, -33.42)

LCH

lch(45.88, 47.67, 315.49)

OKLCH

oklch(54.7%, 0.125, 311.98)

HWB

hwb(277.9, 34.9%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#75a559

Analogous

#6359a5

#8959a5

#a5599b

Triadic

#8959a5

#a58959

#59a589

Split-complementary

#8959a5

#9ba559

#59a563

Tetradic

#8959a5

#a55975

#75a559

#59a589

Square

#8959a5

#a56359

#75a559

#599ba5

Shades

Color #8959a5 mixed toward black.

#724a89

#5b3b6e

#442d52

#2e1e37

#170f1b

Tints

Color #8959a5 mixed toward white.

#9d74b4

#b090c3

#c4acd2

#d8c8e1

#ebe3f0

Tones

Color #8959a5 mixed toward gray.

#875f9f

#866698

#846c92

#82728c

#817985

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.04:1

White text reads better on this background (5.2:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#777797 · ΔE 14.3

Deuteranopia

#7a7d93 · ΔE 17.2

Tritanopia

#878b88 · ΔE 27.6

Achromatopsia

#6d6d6d · ΔE 24

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8959a5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8959a5]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8959a5 (#8959a5) is rgb(137, 89, 165) in RGB.

No, #8959a5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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