#8a697d

Color #8a697d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium magenta.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 18.09 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8a697d

RGB

rgb(138, 105, 125)

HSL

hsl(323.6, 13.6%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(323.6, 23.9%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 9.4%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(48.24, 16.63, -5.99)

LCH

lch(48.24, 17.68, 340.19)

OKLCH

oklch(56%, 0.0508, 341.89)

HWB

hwb(323.6, 41.2%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#698a76

Analogous

#86698a

#8a697d

#8a696c

Triadic

#8a697d

#7d8a69

#697d8a

Split-complementary

#8a697d

#6c8a69

#698a86

Tetradic

#8a697d

#8a7669

#698a76

#697d8a

Square

#8a697d

#8a8669

#698a76

#696c8a

Shades

Color #8a697d mixed toward black.

#735768

#5c4653

#45343e

#2e232a

#171115

Tints

Color #8a697d mixed toward white.

#9f8193

#b29aa9

#c5b3be

#d9ccd4

#ece6e9

Tones

Color #8a697d mixed toward gray.

#876c7c

#846e7c

#82717b

#7f747b

#7c777a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.4:1

White text reads better on this background (4.78:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7d79 · ΔE 19.4

Deuteranopia

#7f8177 · ΔE 24.2

Tritanopia

#897574 · ΔE 10.3

Achromatopsia

#737373 · ΔE 16.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a697d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a697d]

Related colors

Medium Violet Red #c71585

Deep Pink #ff1493

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Pale Violet Red #db7093

Orchid #da70d6

Frequently asked questions

#8a697d (#8a697d) is rgb(138, 105, 125) in RGB.

No, #8a697d 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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