#8a6792

Color #8a6792

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 25.66 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8a6792

RGB

rgb(138, 103, 146)

HSL

hsl(288.8, 17.3%, 48.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(288.8, 29.5%, 57.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.5%, 29.5%, 0%, 42.7%)

LAB

lab(48.49, 21.99, -18.12)

LCH

lch(48.49, 28.49, 320.51)

OKLCH

oklch(56.5%, 0.0767, 319.97)

HWB

hwb(288.8, 40.4%, 42.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6f9267

Analogous

#746792

#8a6792

#926784

Triadic

#8a6792

#928a67

#67928a

Split-complementary

#8a6792

#849267

#679274

Tetradic

#8a6792

#92676f

#6f9267

#67928a

Square

#8a6792

#927467

#6f9267

#678492

Shades

Color #8a6792 mixed toward black.

#73567a

#5c4561

#453349

#2e2231

#171118

Tints

Color #8a6792 mixed toward white.

#9e7fa5

#b199b7

#c5b2c9

#d8ccdb

#ece5ed

Tones

Color #8a6792 mixed toward gray.

#886a8e

#856e8b

#837287

#817584

#7f7980

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.44:1

White text reads better on this background (4.73:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7c89 · ΔE 15.6

Deuteranopia

#7e8187 · ΔE 19.1

Tritanopia

#898280 · ΔE 20.1

Achromatopsia

#737373 · ΔE 20

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a6792;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a6792]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#8a6792 (#8a6792) is rgb(138, 103, 146) in RGB.

No, #8a6792 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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