#8c71a5

Color #8c71a5

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 24.42 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 11.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8c71a5

RGB

rgb(140, 113, 165)

HSL

hsl(271.2, 22.4%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(271.2, 31.5%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.2%, 31.5%, 0%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(51.95, 20.97, -23.94)

LCH

lch(51.95, 31.83, 311.22)

OKLCH

oklch(59.4%, 0.0831, 307.77)

HWB

hwb(271.2, 44.3%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8aa571

Analogous

#7271a5

#8c71a5

#a571a4

Triadic

#8c71a5

#a58c71

#71a58c

Split-complementary

#8c71a5

#a4a571

#71a572

Tetradic

#8c71a5

#a5718a

#8aa571

#71a58c

Square

#8c71a5

#a57271

#8aa571

#71a4a5

Shades

Color #8c71a5 mixed toward black.

#755a8e

#5d4871

#463655

#2f2439

#17121c

Tints

Color #8c71a5 mixed toward white.

#9f89b4

#b2a0c3

#c6b8d2

#d9d0e1

#ece7f0

Tones

Color #8c71a5 mixed toward gray.

#8c75a1

#8c7a9c

#8b7e98

#8b8294

#8b878f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.02:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.02:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#81819a · ΔE 11

Deuteranopia

#838598 · ΔE 13.6

Tritanopia

#8b918f · ΔE 22.8

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 20.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c71a5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c71a5]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#8c71a5 (#8c71a5) is rgb(140, 113, 165) in RGB.

No, #8c71a5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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