#8a7980

Color #8a7980

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium pink.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 8.01 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8a7980

RGB

rgb(138, 121, 128)

HSL

hsl(335.3, 6.8%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(335.3, 12.3%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 7.2%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(52.55, 7.82, -1.41)

LCH

lch(52.55, 7.95, 349.78)

OKLCH

oklch(59.4%, 0.0232, 351.07)

HWB

hwb(335.3, 47.5%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#798a83

Analogous

#8a7989

#8a7980

#8a7b79

Triadic

#8a7980

#808a79

#79808a

Split-complementary

#8a7980

#798a7b

#79898a

Tetradic

#8a7980

#8a8379

#798a83

#79808a

Square

#8a7980

#898a79

#798a83

#7b798a

Shades

Color #8a7980 mixed toward black.

#73656b

#5c5055

#453c40

#2e282b

#171415

Tints

Color #8a7980 mixed toward white.

#9e8f95

#b1a6aa

#c5bcc0

#d8d2d5

#ece9ea

Tones

Color #8a7980 mixed toward gray.

#897a80

#877c81

#867d81

#847f81

#838081

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.13:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.13:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#83837e · ΔE 12.1

Deuteranopia

#84857e · ΔE 13.7

Tritanopia

#897d7d · ΔE 4.4

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 9.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a7980;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a7980]

Related colors

Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Pale Violet Red #db7093

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Deep Pink #ff1493

Crimson #dc143c

Medium Violet Red #c71585

Frequently asked questions

#8a7980 (#8a7980) is rgb(138, 121, 128) in RGB.

No, #8a7980 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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