#8b6e99

Color #8b6e99

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 23.53 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 9.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8b6e99

RGB

rgb(139, 110, 153)

HSL

hsl(280.5, 17.4%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280.5, 28.1%, 60%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.2%, 28.1%, 0%, 40%)

LAB

lab(50.62, 19.72, -18.98)

LCH

lch(50.62, 27.37, 316.1)

OKLCH

oklch(58.2%, 0.0726, 314.55)

HWB

hwb(280.5, 43.1%, 40%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7c996e

Analogous

#766e99

#8b6e99

#996e92

Triadic

#8b6e99

#998b6e

#6e998b

Split-complementary

#8b6e99

#92996e

#6e9976

Tetradic

#8b6e99

#996e7c

#7c996e

#6e998b

Square

#8b6e99

#99766e

#7c996e

#6e9299

Shades

Color #8b6e99 mixed toward black.

#745b81

#5d4867

#46364d

#2f2433

#17121a

Tints

Color #8b6e99 mixed toward white.

#9e86aa

#b29ebb

#c5b7cc

#d8cfdd

#ece7ee

Tones

Color #8b6e99 mixed toward gray.

#8a7295

#897592

#87798e

#867c8b

#858087

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.79:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f7f90 · ΔE 13.1

Deuteranopia

#81838e · ΔE 16

Tritanopia

#8a8887 · ΔE 20.2

Achromatopsia

#787878 · ΔE 19.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b6e99;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b6e99]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#8b6e99 (#8b6e99) is rgb(139, 110, 153) in RGB.

No, #8b6e99 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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