#8b759a

Color #8b759a

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 19 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8b759a

RGB

rgb(139, 117, 154)

HSL

hsl(275.7, 15.5%, 53.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.7, 24%, 60.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.7%, 24%, 0%, 39.6%)

LAB

lab(52.45, 15.82, -16.77)

LCH

lch(52.45, 23.05, 313.33)

OKLCH

oklch(59.6%, 0.0607, 311.33)

HWB

hwb(275.7, 45.9%, 39.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#849a75

Analogous

#78759a

#8b759a

#9a7596

Triadic

#8b759a

#9a8b75

#759a8b

Split-complementary

#8b759a

#969a75

#759a78

Tetradic

#8b759a

#9a7584

#849a75

#759a8b

Square

#8b759a

#9a7875

#849a75

#75969a

Shades

Color #8b759a mixed toward black.

#745f82

#5d4c68

#46394e

#2e2634

#17131a

Tints

Color #8b759a mixed toward white.

#9e8cab

#b2a3bc

#c5bacc

#d8d1dd

#ece8ee

Tones

Color #8b759a mixed toward gray.

#8a7897

#8a7b94

#897e91

#89818e

#88848a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.11:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#828292 · ΔE 11.3

Deuteranopia

#838590 · ΔE 13.9

Tritanopia

#8a8c8a · ΔE 19.6

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 17.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b759a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b759a]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8b759a (#8b759a) is rgb(139, 117, 154) in RGB.

No, #8b759a 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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