#8b669f

Color #8b669f

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 24.73 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 12

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Conversions

HEX

#8b669f

RGB

rgb(139, 102, 159)

HSL

hsl(278.9, 22.9%, 51.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.9, 35.8%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.6%, 35.8%, 0%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(48.88, 25.74, -25.18)

LCH

lch(48.88, 36.01, 315.63)

OKLCH

oklch(57%, 0.095, 313.25)

HWB

hwb(278.9, 40%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7a9f66

Analogous

#6f669f

#8b669f

#9f6697

Triadic

#8b669f

#9f8b66

#669f8b

Split-complementary

#8b669f

#979f66

#669f6f

Tetradic

#8b669f

#9f667a

#7a9f66

#669f8b

Square

#8b669f

#9f6f66

#7a9f66

#66979f

Shades

Color #8b669f mixed toward black.

#745486

#5d436b

#463250

#2e2235

#17111b

Tints

Color #8b669f mixed toward white.

#9e80af

#b299bf

#c5b3cf

#d8ccdf

#ece6ef

Tones

Color #8b669f mixed toward gray.

#8a6b9a

#887096

#877491

#85798c

#847e87

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.5:1

White text reads better on this background (4.67:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7c94 · ΔE 13.2

Deuteranopia

#7f8191 · ΔE 16.5

Tritanopia

#898a88 · ΔE 25.6

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 21.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b669f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b669f]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8b669f (#8b669f) is rgb(139, 102, 159) in RGB.

No, #8b669f 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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