#8a6ba4

Color #8a6ba4

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 25.15 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 12.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8a6ba4

RGB

rgb(138, 107, 164)

HSL

hsl(272.6, 23.8%, 53.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(272.6, 34.8%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.9%, 34.8%, 0%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(50.21, 23.61, -26.06)

LCH

lch(50.21, 35.16, 312.18)

OKLCH

oklch(58%, 0.0919, 308.64)

HWB

hwb(272.6, 42%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#85a46b

Analogous

#6d6ba4

#8a6ba4

#a46ba1

Triadic

#8a6ba4

#a48a6b

#6ba48a

Split-complementary

#8a6ba4

#a1a46b

#6ba46d

Tetradic

#8a6ba4

#a46b85

#85a46b

#6ba48a

Square

#8a6ba4

#a46d6b

#85a46b

#6ba1a4

Shades

Color #8a6ba4 mixed toward black.

#73568c

#5c4570

#453454

#2e2238

#17111c

Tints

Color #8a6ba4 mixed toward white.

#9d84b3

#b19cc2

#c4b5d1

#d8cee1

#ebe6f0

Tones

Color #8a6ba4 mixed toward gray.

#89709f

#89749a

#897996

#887e91

#88838c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.72:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.72:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7d99 · ΔE 11

Deuteranopia

#7f8296 · ΔE 14.4

Tritanopia

#898f8d · ΔE 23.6

Achromatopsia

#777777 · ΔE 21.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a6ba4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a6ba4]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

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Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#8a6ba4 (#8a6ba4) is rgb(138, 107, 164) in RGB.

No, #8a6ba4 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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