#8b8293

Color #8b8293

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.56 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 9.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8b8293

RGB

rgb(139, 130, 147)

HSL

hsl(271.8, 7.3%, 54.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(271.8, 11.6%, 57.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.4%, 11.6%, 0%, 42.4%)

LAB

lab(55.65, 6.75, -7.89)

LCH

lch(55.65, 10.38, 310.55)

OKLCH

oklch(62%, 0.0272, 309.19)

HWB

hwb(271.8, 51%, 42.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8a9382

Analogous

#828293

#8b8293

#938292

Triadic

#8b8293

#938b82

#82938b

Split-complementary

#8b8293

#929382

#829382

Tetradic

#8b8293

#93828a

#8a9382

#82938b

Square

#8b8293

#938282

#8a9382

#829293

Shades

Color #8b8293 mixed toward black.

#746b7c

#5d5663

#46404a

#2e2b32

#171519

Tints

Color #8b8293 mixed toward white.

#9e97a5

#b2acb7

#c5c0c9

#d8d5db

#eceaed

Tones

Color #8b8293 mixed toward gray.

#8b8392

#8b8590

#8b868f

#8b888d

#8b898c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.71:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#87878f · ΔE 6.4

Deuteranopia

#88888e · ΔE 7.2

Tritanopia

#8b8c8b · ΔE 11.1

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 10

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b8293;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b8293]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#8b8293 (#8b8293) is rgb(139, 130, 147) in RGB.

No, #8b8293 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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