#8a6894

Color #8a6894

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 25.66 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 9.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8a6894

RGB

rgb(138, 104, 148)

HSL

hsl(286.4, 17.5%, 49.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(286.4, 29.7%, 58%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.8%, 29.7%, 0%, 42%)

LAB

lab(48.81, 21.83, -18.8)

LCH

lch(48.81, 28.81, 319.26)

OKLCH

oklch(56.7%, 0.0771, 318.42)

HWB

hwb(286.4, 40.8%, 42%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#729468

Analogous

#746894

#8a6894

#946888

Triadic

#8a6894

#948a68

#68948a

Split-complementary

#8a6894

#889468

#689474

Tetradic

#8a6894

#946872

#729468

#68948a

Square

#8a6894

#947468

#729468

#688894

Shades

Color #8a6894 mixed toward black.

#73577b

#5c4563

#45344a

#2e2331

#171119

Tints

Color #8a6894 mixed toward white.

#9e81a6

#b19ab8

#c5b3ca

#d8ccdc

#ece6ed

Tones

Color #8a6894 mixed toward gray.

#886c90

#866f8d

#847389

#827785

#807a82

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.49:1

White text reads better on this background (4.68:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7c8b · ΔE 14.5

Deuteranopia

#7f8189 · ΔE 18.1

Tritanopia

#898381 · ΔE 20.4

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 20

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a6894;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a6894]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#8a6894 (#8a6894) is rgb(138, 104, 148) in RGB.

No, #8a6894 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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