#8a7989

Color #8a7989

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium magenta.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 11.47 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8a7989

RGB

rgb(138, 121, 137)

HSL

hsl(303.5, 6.8%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(303.5, 12.3%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 0.7%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(52.82, 9.57, -6.28)

LCH

lch(52.82, 11.45, 326.73)

OKLCH

oklch(59.7%, 0.0313, 327.78)

HWB

hwb(303.5, 47.5%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#798a7a

Analogous

#83798a

#8a7989

#8a7981

Triadic

#8a7989

#898a79

#79898a

Split-complementary

#8a7989

#818a79

#798a83

Tetradic

#8a7989

#8a7a79

#798a7a

#79898a

Square

#8a7989

#8a8379

#798a7a

#79818a

Shades

Color #8a7989 mixed toward black.

#736572

#5c505c

#453c45

#2e282e

#171417

Tints

Color #8a7989 mixed toward white.

#9e8f9d

#b1a6b0

#c5bcc4

#d8d2d8

#ece9eb

Tones

Color #8a7989 mixed toward gray.

#897a88

#877c87

#867d85

#847f84

#838083

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

#838385 · ΔE 10.9

Deuteranopia

#848584 · ΔE 13.1

Tritanopia

#898282 · ΔE 9.3

Achromatopsia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 11.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a7989;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a7989]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#8a7989 (#8a7989) is rgb(138, 121, 137) in RGB.

No, #8a7989 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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