#8a5f97

Color #8a5f97

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 24.32 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 11.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8a5f97

RGB

rgb(138, 95, 151)

HSL

hsl(286.1, 22.8%, 48.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(286.1, 37.1%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.6%, 37.1%, 0%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(46.74, 27.74, -23.77)

LCH

lch(46.74, 36.53, 319.41)

OKLCH

oklch(55.2%, 0.0977, 318.15)

HWB

hwb(286.1, 37.3%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6c975f

Analogous

#6e5f97

#8a5f97

#975f88

Triadic

#8a5f97

#978a5f

#5f978a

Split-complementary

#8a5f97

#88975f

#5f976e

Tetradic

#8a5f97

#975f6c

#6c975f

#5f978a

Square

#8a5f97

#976e5f

#6c975f

#5f8897

Shades

Color #8a5f97 mixed toward black.

#734f7e

#5c3f65

#452f4b

#2e2032

#171019

Tints

Color #8a5f97 mixed toward white.

#9e78aa

#b293bb

#c5aecc

#d8c9dd

#ece4ee

Tones

Color #8a5f97 mixed toward gray.

#876492

#85688e

#826d89

#807284

#7d7680

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.16:1

White text reads better on this background (5.04:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a798c · ΔE 15.5

Deuteranopia

#7c7f89 · ΔE 19.5

Tritanopia

#888280 · ΔE 23.2

Achromatopsia

#6f6f6f · ΔE 22.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a5f97;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a5f97]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#8a5f97 (#8a5f97) is rgb(138, 95, 151) in RGB.

No, #8a5f97 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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