#8a6799

Color #8a6799

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 26.21 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 10.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8a6799

RGB

rgb(138, 103, 153)

HSL

hsl(282, 19.7%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282, 32.7%, 60%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.8%, 32.7%, 0%, 40%)

LAB

lab(48.77, 23.5, -21.83)

LCH

lch(48.77, 32.07, 317.11)

OKLCH

oklch(56.8%, 0.0851, 315.48)

HWB

hwb(282, 40.4%, 40%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#769967

Analogous

#716799

#8a6799

#99678f

Triadic

#8a6799

#998a67

#67998a

Split-complementary

#8a6799

#8f9967

#679971

Tetradic

#8a6799

#996776

#769967

#67998a

Square

#8a6799

#997167

#769967

#678f99

Shades

Color #8a6799 mixed toward black.

#735680

#5c4566

#45334d

#2e2233

#17111a

Tints

Color #8a6799 mixed toward white.

#9e80aa

#b19abb

#c5b3cc

#d8ccdd

#ece6ee

Tones

Color #8a6799 mixed toward gray.

#886b95

#876f91

#85748d

#837888

#827c84

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.48:1

White text reads better on this background (4.69:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7c8f · ΔE 14.2

Deuteranopia

#7e818c · ΔE 17.8

Tritanopia

#898684 · ΔE 22.5

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 20.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a6799;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a6799]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#8a6799 (#8a6799) is rgb(138, 103, 153) in RGB.

No, #8a6799 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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