#8b65a3

Color #8b65a3

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 23.09 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 12.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8b65a3

RGB

rgb(139, 101, 163)

HSL

hsl(276.8, 25.2%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.8, 38%, 63.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.7%, 38%, 0%, 36.1%)

LAB

lab(48.81, 27.22, -27.64)

LCH

lch(48.81, 38.79, 314.56)

OKLCH

oklch(57%, 0.1019, 311.54)

HWB

hwb(276.8, 39.6%, 36.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7da365

Analogous

#6c65a3

#8b65a3

#a3659c

Triadic

#8b65a3

#a38b65

#65a38b

Split-complementary

#8b65a3

#9ca365

#65a36c

Tetradic

#8b65a3

#a3657d

#7da365

#65a38b

Square

#8b65a3

#a36c65

#7da365

#659ca3

Shades

Color #8b65a3 mixed toward black.

#74528a

#5d426e

#463153

#2f2137

#17101c

Tints

Color #8b65a3 mixed toward white.

#9e7fb2

#b298c2

#c5b2d1

#d8cce0

#ece5f0

Tones

Color #8b65a3 mixed toward gray.

#8a6a9e

#896f99

#887594

#867a8e

#857f89

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.49:1

White text reads better on this background (4.68:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7c97 · ΔE 13

Deuteranopia

#7e8194 · ΔE 16

Tritanopia

#898c8a · ΔE 24.7

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 22.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b65a3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b65a3]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8b65a3 (#8b65a3) is rgb(139, 101, 163) in RGB.

No, #8b65a3 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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