#8a6693

Color #8a6693

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 26.72 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 9.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8a6693

RGB

rgb(138, 102, 147)

HSL

hsl(288, 18.1%, 48.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(288, 30.6%, 57.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.1%, 30.6%, 0%, 42.4%)

LAB

lab(48.28, 22.79, -19.03)

LCH

lch(48.28, 29.69, 320.14)

OKLCH

oklch(56.3%, 0.0797, 319.48)

HWB

hwb(288, 40%, 42.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6f9366

Analogous

#736693

#8a6693

#936685

Triadic

#8a6693

#938a66

#66938a

Split-complementary

#8a6693

#859366

#669373

Tetradic

#8a6693

#93666f

#6f9366

#66938a

Square

#8a6693

#937366

#6f9366

#668593

Shades

Color #8a6693 mixed toward black.

#73557a

#5c4462

#453349

#2e2231

#171118

Tints

Color #8a6693 mixed toward white.

#9e7fa6

#b198b8

#c5b2ca

#d8ccdb

#ece5ed

Tones

Color #8a6693 mixed toward gray.

#886a8f

#856d8b

#837188

#817584

#7f7980

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.4:1

White text reads better on this background (4.77:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7c8a · ΔE 15.6

Deuteranopia

#7e8187 · ΔE 19.3

Tritanopia

#888280 · ΔE 20.8

Achromatopsia

#737373 · ΔE 20.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a6693;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a6693]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#8a6693 (#8a6693) is rgb(138, 102, 147) in RGB.

No, #8a6693 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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