#8b849f

Color #8b849f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.7 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 10.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8b849f

RGB

rgb(139, 132, 159)

HSL

hsl(255.6, 12.3%, 57.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(255.6, 17%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.6%, 17%, 0%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(56.58, 8.18, -13.41)

LCH

lch(56.58, 15.71, 301.38)

OKLCH

oklch(62.9%, 0.0408, 297.13)

HWB

hwb(255.6, 51.8%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#989f84

Analogous

#848b9f

#8b849f

#99849f

Triadic

#8b849f

#9f8b84

#849f8b

Split-complementary

#8b849f

#9f9984

#8b9f84

Tetradic

#8b849f

#9f8498

#989f84

#849f8b

Square

#8b849f

#9f848b

#989f84

#849f99

Shades

Color #8b849f mixed toward black.

#726a88

#5b556d

#454052

#2e2b37

#17151b

Tints

Color #8b849f mixed toward white.

#9e99af

#b2adbf

#c5c2cf

#d8d6df

#ecebef

Tones

Color #8b849f mixed toward gray.

#8c869d

#8d899b

#8e8b98

#8f8d96

#918f94

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.9:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#888899 · ΔE 5.2

Deuteranopia

#888998 · ΔE 6.3

Tritanopia

#8b9493 · ΔE 16.4

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 12.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b849f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b849f]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#8b849f (#8b849f) is rgb(139, 132, 159) in RGB.

No, #8b849f 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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