#89818f

Color #89818f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 8.78 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 8.3

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Conversions

HEX

#89818f

RGB

rgb(137, 129, 143)

HSL

hsl(274.3, 5.9%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.3, 9.8%, 56.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.2%, 9.8%, 0%, 43.9%)

LAB

lab(55.07, 5.78, -6.44)

LCH

lch(55.07, 8.65, 311.91)

OKLCH

oklch(61.5%, 0.0228, 310.9)

HWB

hwb(274.3, 50.6%, 43.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#878f81

Analogous

#82818f

#89818f

#8f818e

Triadic

#89818f

#8f8981

#818f89

Split-complementary

#89818f

#8e8f81

#818f82

Tetradic

#89818f

#8f8187

#878f81

#818f89

Square

#89818f

#8f8281

#878f81

#818e8f

Shades

Color #89818f mixed toward black.

#726b78

#5b5560

#454048

#2e2b30

#171518

Tints

Color #89818f mixed toward white.

#9d96a2

#b0abb4

#c4c0c7

#d8d5da

#ebeaec

Tones

Color #89818f mixed toward gray.

#89828e

#89838d

#88848b

#88868a

#888789

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.6:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.6:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#86868c · ΔE 6

Deuteranopia

#86878b · ΔE 7.3

Tritanopia

#898989 · ΔE 8.9

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 8.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #89818f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#89818f]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#89818f (#89818f) is rgb(137, 129, 143) in RGB.

No, #89818f 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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