#8965a3

Color #8965a3

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 22.68 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 12.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8965a3

RGB

rgb(137, 101, 163)

HSL

hsl(274.8, 25.2%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.8, 38%, 63.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(16%, 38%, 0%, 36.1%)

LAB

lab(48.6, 26.58, -27.99)

LCH

lch(48.6, 38.6, 313.52)

OKLCH

oklch(56.8%, 0.1011, 310.1)

HWB

hwb(274.8, 39.6%, 36.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7fa365

Analogous

#6a65a3

#8965a3

#a3659e

Triadic

#8965a3

#a38965

#65a389

Split-complementary

#8965a3

#9ea365

#65a36a

Tetradic

#8965a3

#a3657f

#7fa365

#65a389

Square

#8965a3

#a36a65

#7fa365

#659ea3

Shades

Color #8965a3 mixed toward black.

#73528a

#5c426e

#453153

#2e2137

#17101c

Tints

Color #8965a3 mixed toward white.

#9d7fb2

#b098c2

#c4b2d1

#d8cce0

#ebe5f0

Tones

Color #8965a3 mixed toward gray.

#886a9e

#876f99

#877594

#867a8e

#857f89

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.45:1

White text reads better on this background (4.71:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7b97 · ΔE 12.4

Deuteranopia

#7d8094 · ΔE 15.4

Tritanopia

#878c8a · ΔE 24.3

Achromatopsia

#737373 · ΔE 22.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8965a3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8965a3]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8965a3 (#8965a3) is rgb(137, 101, 163) in RGB.

No, #8965a3 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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