#8b7e9e

Color #8b7e9e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 14.35 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 9.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8b7e9e

RGB

rgb(139, 126, 158)

HSL

hsl(264.4, 14.2%, 55.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(264.4, 20.3%, 62%)

CMYK

cmyk(12%, 20.3%, 0%, 38%)

LAB

lab(54.95, 11.44, -15.3)

LCH

lch(54.95, 19.1, 306.79)

OKLCH

oklch(61.6%, 0.0498, 303.53)

HWB

hwb(264.4, 49.4%, 38%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#919e7e

Analogous

#7e819e

#8b7e9e

#9b7e9e

Triadic

#8b7e9e

#9e8b7e

#7e9e8b

Split-complementary

#8b7e9e

#9e9b7e

#819e7e

Tetradic

#8b7e9e

#9e7e91

#919e7e

#7e9e8b

Square

#8b7e9e

#9e7e81

#919e7e

#7e9e9b

Shades

Color #8b7e9e mixed toward black.

#736687

#5c516c

#453d51

#2e2936

#17141b

Tints

Color #8b7e9e mixed toward white.

#9e93ae

#b2a9be

#c5becf

#d8d4df

#ece9ef

Tones

Color #8b7e9e mixed toward gray.

#8c819b

#8c8399

#8d8696

#8d8993

#8e8b91

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.58:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#868597 · ΔE 7.3

Deuteranopia

#868795 · ΔE 9.4

Tritanopia

#8a9190 · ΔE 18.2

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 15.1

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #8b7e9e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b7e9e]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Frequently asked questions

#8b7e9e (#8b7e9e) is rgb(139, 126, 158) in RGB.

No, #8b7e9e 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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