#8b7692

Color #8b7692

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 15.74 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#8b7692

RGB

rgb(139, 118, 146)

HSL

hsl(285, 11.4%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(285, 19.2%, 57.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.8%, 19.2%, 0%, 42.7%)

LAB

lab(52.42, 13.52, -12.14)

LCH

lch(52.42, 18.17, 318.08)

OKLCH

oklch(59.5%, 0.0485, 317.59)

HWB

hwb(285, 46.3%, 42.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7d9276

Analogous

#7d7692

#8b7692

#92768b

Triadic

#8b7692

#928b76

#76928b

Split-complementary

#8b7692

#8b9276

#76927d

Tetradic

#8b7692

#92767d

#7d9276

#76928b

Square

#8b7692

#927d76

#7d9276

#768b92

Shades

Color #8b7692 mixed toward black.

#74627b

#5d4e62

#463b4a

#2f2731

#171419

Tints

Color #8b7692 mixed toward white.

#9e8da4

#b2a4b6

#c5bbc9

#d8d1db

#ece8ed

Tones

Color #8b7692 mixed toward gray.

#8a7890

#897b8d

#887d8b

#867f89

#858286

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.1:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.1:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#82828c · ΔE 11.6

Deuteranopia

#84858a · ΔE 14

Tritanopia

#8a8786 · ΔE 15.4

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 15.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b7692;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b7692]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Frequently asked questions

#8b7692 (#8b7692) is rgb(139, 118, 146) in RGB.

No, #8b7692 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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