#896c9e

Color #896c9e

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 25.83 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 10.7

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Conversions

HEX

#896c9e

RGB

rgb(137, 108, 158)

HSL

hsl(274.8, 20.5%, 52.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.8, 31.6%, 62%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.3%, 31.6%, 0%, 38%)

LAB

lab(50.11, 21.33, -22.71)

LCH

lch(50.11, 31.16, 313.21)

OKLCH

oklch(57.8%, 0.0818, 310.39)

HWB

hwb(274.8, 42.4%, 38%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#819e6c

Analogous

#706c9e

#896c9e

#9e6c9a

Triadic

#896c9e

#9e896c

#6c9e89

Split-complementary

#896c9e

#9a9e6c

#6c9e70

Tetradic

#896c9e

#9e6c81

#819e6c

#6c9e89

Square

#896c9e

#9e706c

#819e6c

#6c9a9e

Shades

Color #896c9e mixed toward black.

#735886

#5c476b

#453550

#2e2335

#17121b

Tints

Color #896c9e mixed toward white.

#9d85ae

#b09dbe

#c4b6cf

#d8cedf

#ebe7ef

Tones

Color #896c9e mixed toward gray.

#88709a

#887496

#877992

#867d8d

#868189

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.7:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7d94 · ΔE 11.8

Deuteranopia

#7f8191 · ΔE 14.8

Tritanopia

#888b89 · ΔE 22.7

Achromatopsia

#777777 · ΔE 20.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #896c9e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#896c9e]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#896c9e (#896c9e) is rgb(137, 108, 158) in RGB.

No, #896c9e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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