#8a6a88

Color #8a6a88

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium magenta.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 20.72 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8a6a88

RGB

rgb(138, 106, 136)

HSL

hsl(303.8, 13.1%, 47.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(303.8, 23.2%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 1.4%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(48.87, 18.17, -11.6)

LCH

lch(48.87, 21.56, 327.45)

OKLCH

oklch(56.6%, 0.0594, 328.42)

HWB

hwb(303.8, 41.6%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6a8a6c

Analogous

#7c6a8a

#8a6a88

#8a6a78

Triadic

#8a6a88

#888a6a

#6a888a

Split-complementary

#8a6a88

#788a6a

#6a8a7c

Tetradic

#8a6a88

#8a6c6a

#6a8a6c

#6a888a

Square

#8a6a88

#8a7c6a

#6a8a6c

#6a788a

Shades

Color #8a6a88 mixed toward black.

#735871

#5c475b

#453544

#2e232d

#171217

Tints

Color #8a6a88 mixed toward white.

#9f829d

#b29bb0

#c5b4c4

#d8cdd8

#ece6eb

Tones

Color #8a6a88 mixed toward gray.

#876d86

#856f83

#827281

#7f757f

#7d777c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.5:1

White text reads better on this background (4.67:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7d82 · ΔE 16.2

Deuteranopia

#7f8180 · ΔE 19.1

Tritanopia

#897c7b · ΔE 14.7

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 17.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a6a88;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a6a88]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#8a6a88 (#8a6a88) is rgb(138, 106, 136) in RGB.

No, #8a6a88 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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