#8b6195

Color #8b6195

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 26.11 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 11.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8b6195

RGB

rgb(139, 97, 149)

HSL

hsl(288.5, 21.1%, 48.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(288.5, 34.9%, 58.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.7%, 34.9%, 0%, 41.6%)

LAB

lab(47.25, 26.48, -21.79)

LCH

lch(47.25, 34.29, 320.55)

OKLCH

oklch(55.6%, 0.0922, 319.75)

HWB

hwb(288.5, 38%, 41.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6b9561

Analogous

#716195

#8b6195

#956185

Triadic

#8b6195

#958b61

#61958b

Split-complementary

#8b6195

#859561

#619571

Tetradic

#8b6195

#95616b

#6b9561

#61958b

Square

#8b6195

#957161

#6b9561

#618595

Shades

Color #8b6195 mixed toward black.

#74517c

#5d4163

#45304a

#2e2032

#171019

Tints

Color #8b6195 mixed toward white.

#9f7aa8

#b294ba

#c6afcb

#d9cadc

#ece4ee

Tones

Color #8b6195 mixed toward gray.

#886591

#866a8c

#836e88

#807284

#7e777f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.24:1

White text reads better on this background (4.95:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7b8b · ΔE 16.4

Deuteranopia

#7d8088 · ΔE 19.9

Tritanopia

#898280 · ΔE 22.3

Achromatopsia

#707070 · ΔE 21.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b6195;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b6195]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#8b6195 (#8b6195) is rgb(139, 97, 149) in RGB.

No, #8b6195 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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