#8a74ba

Color #8a74ba

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 21.02 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 11.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8a74ba

RGB

rgb(138, 116, 186)

HSL

hsl(258.9, 33.7%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(258.9, 37.6%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.8%, 37.6%, 0%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(53.43, 23.6, -33.81)

LCH

lch(53.43, 41.23, 304.92)

OKLCH

oklch(60.8%, 0.1062, 297.6)

HWB

hwb(258.9, 45.5%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a4ba74

Analogous

#7481ba

#8a74ba

#ad74ba

Triadic

#8a74ba

#ba8a74

#74ba8a

Split-complementary

#8a74ba

#baad74

#81ba74

Tetradic

#8a74ba

#ba74a4

#a4ba74

#74ba8a

Square

#8a74ba

#ba7481

#a4ba74

#74baad

Shades

Color #8a74ba mixed toward black.

#6e53a8

#584387

#423265

#2c2143

#161122

Tints

Color #8a74ba mixed toward white.

#9d8bc6

#b1a2d1

#c4b9dd

#d8d1e8

#ebe8f4

Tones

Color #8a74ba mixed toward gray.

#8c7ab4

#8e80ae

#9085a8

#938ba3

#95919d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.29:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8181ac · ΔE 7.3

Deuteranopia

#8284a9 · ΔE 8.9

Tritanopia

#89a19e · ΔE 26.4

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 22.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a74ba;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a74ba]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#8a74ba (#8a74ba) is rgb(138, 116, 186) in RGB.

No, #8a74ba is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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