#8b7d93

Color #8b7d93

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 11.9 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 8

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Conversions

HEX

#8b7d93

RGB

rgb(139, 125, 147)

HSL

hsl(278.2, 9.2%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.2, 15%, 57.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.4%, 15%, 0%, 42.4%)

LAB

lab(54.3, 9.65, -9.89)

LCH

lch(54.3, 13.82, 314.3)

OKLCH

oklch(61%, 0.0366, 313.34)

HWB

hwb(278.2, 49%, 42.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#85937d

Analogous

#807d93

#8b7d93

#937d90

Triadic

#8b7d93

#938b7d

#7d938b

Split-complementary

#8b7d93

#90937d

#7d9380

Tetradic

#8b7d93

#937d85

#85937d

#7d938b

Square

#8b7d93

#93807d

#85937d

#7d9093

Shades

Color #8b7d93 mixed toward black.

#74677c

#5d5263

#463e4a

#2e2931

#171519

Tints

Color #8b7d93 mixed toward white.

#9e93a5

#b2a8b7

#c5bec9

#d8d4db

#ece9ed

Tones

Color #8b7d93 mixed toward gray.

#8a7f91

#8a818f

#89828d

#89848c

#88868a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.45:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.45:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#85858e · ΔE 8.8

Deuteranopia

#86878d · ΔE 10.5

Tritanopia

#8a8a89 · ΔE 13.6

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 12.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b7d93;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b7d93]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8b7d93 (#8b7d93) is rgb(139, 125, 147) in RGB.

No, #8b7d93 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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