#8a7891

Color #8a7891

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 13.94 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8a7891

RGB

rgb(138, 120, 145)

HSL

hsl(283.2, 10.2%, 52%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(283.2, 17.2%, 56.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.8%, 17.2%, 0%, 43.1%)

LAB

lab(52.82, 11.79, -10.96)

LCH

lch(52.82, 16.1, 317.09)

OKLCH

oklch(59.8%, 0.0429, 316.51)

HWB

hwb(283.2, 47.1%, 43.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7f9178

Analogous

#7e7891

#8a7891

#91788c

Triadic

#8a7891

#918a78

#78918a

Split-complementary

#8a7891

#8c9178

#78917e

Tetradic

#8a7891

#91787f

#7f9178

#78918a

Square

#8a7891

#917e78

#7f9178

#788c91

Shades

Color #8a7891 mixed toward black.

#73637a

#5c4f61

#453c49

#2e2831

#171418

Tints

Color #8a7891 mixed toward white.

#9e8fa3

#b1a5b6

#c5bcc8

#d8d2da

#ece9ed

Tones

Color #8a7891 mixed toward gray.

#897a8f

#887c8d

#877e8b

#868089

#868387

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.18:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#83828b · ΔE 10.2

Deuteranopia

#84858a · ΔE 12.7

Tritanopia

#898786 · ΔE 14.5

Achromatopsia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 14.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a7891;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a7891]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#8a7891 (#8a7891) is rgb(138, 120, 145) in RGB.

No, #8a7891 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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