#896e84

Color #896e84

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium magenta.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 17.17 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#896e84

RGB

rgb(137, 110, 132)

HSL

hsl(311.1, 10.9%, 48.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(311.1, 19.7%, 53.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 3.6%, 46.3%)

LAB

lab(49.66, 14.65, -8.05)

LCH

lch(49.66, 16.72, 331.21)

OKLCH

oklch(57.2%, 0.0465, 332.61)

HWB

hwb(311.1, 43.1%, 46.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6e8973

Analogous

#806e89

#896e84

#896e76

Triadic

#896e84

#84896e

#6e8489

Split-complementary

#896e84

#76896e

#6e8980

Tetradic

#896e84

#89736e

#6e8973

#6e8489

Square

#896e84

#89806e

#6e8973

#6e7689

Shades

Color #896e84 mixed toward black.

#725c6e

#5b4958

#443742

#2e252c

#171216

Tints

Color #896e84 mixed toward white.

#9d8599

#b19ead

#c4b6c2

#d8ced6

#ebe7eb

Tones

Color #896e84 mixed toward gray.

#877082

#847281

#827580

#80777e

#7e797d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.63:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.63:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7e7f · ΔE 15.2

Deuteranopia

#80827e · ΔE 19.8

Tritanopia

#887b7a · ΔE 11.8

Achromatopsia

#767676 · ΔE 15.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #896e84;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#896e84]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Medium Violet Red #c71585

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Frequently asked questions

#896e84 (#896e84) is rgb(137, 110, 132) in RGB.

No, #896e84 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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