#8b699e

Color #8b699e

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 25.41 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 11.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8b699e

RGB

rgb(139, 105, 158)

HSL

hsl(278.5, 21.5%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.5, 33.5%, 62%)

CMYK

cmyk(12%, 33.5%, 0%, 38%)

LAB

lab(49.57, 23.76, -23.53)

LCH

lch(49.57, 33.44, 315.28)

OKLCH

oklch(57.5%, 0.0882, 313.03)

HWB

hwb(278.5, 41.2%, 38%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7c9e69

Analogous

#71699e

#8b699e

#9e6997

Triadic

#8b699e

#9e8b69

#699e8b

Split-complementary

#8b699e

#979e69

#699e71

Tetradic

#8b699e

#9e697c

#7c9e69

#699e8b

Square

#8b699e

#9e7169

#7c9e69

#69979e

Shades

Color #8b699e mixed toward black.

#745685

#5d456b

#463450

#2f2235

#17111b

Tints

Color #8b699e mixed toward white.

#9e82ae

#b29bbe

#c5b4cf

#d8cddf

#ece6ef

Tones

Color #8b699e mixed toward gray.

#8a6d9a

#897295

#877691

#867b8c

#857f88

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.61:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7d93 · ΔE 13

Deuteranopia

#808291 · ΔE 16.2

Tritanopia

#8a8a88 · ΔE 24.2

Achromatopsia

#767676 · ΔE 21.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b699e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b699e]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8b699e (#8b699e) is rgb(139, 105, 158) in RGB.

No, #8b699e 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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