#8c7287

Color #8c7287

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium magenta.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 16.14 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8c7287

RGB

rgb(140, 114, 135)

HSL

hsl(311.5, 10.2%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(311.5, 18.6%, 54.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 3.6%, 45.1%)

LAB

lab(51.11, 14, -7.64)

LCH

lch(51.11, 15.95, 331.38)

OKLCH

oklch(58.4%, 0.0444, 332.8)

HWB

hwb(311.5, 44.7%, 45.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#728c77

Analogous

#84728c

#8c7287

#8c727a

Triadic

#8c7287

#878c72

#72878c

Split-complementary

#8c7287

#7a8c72

#728c84

Tetradic

#8c7287

#8c7772

#728c77

#72878c

Square

#8c7287

#8c8472

#728c77

#727a8c

Shades

Color #8c7287 mixed toward black.

#755f70

#5d4c5a

#463943

#2f262d

#171316

Tints

Color #8c7287 mixed toward white.

#9f899b

#b2a1af

#c6b8c3

#d9d0d7

#ece7eb

Tones

Color #8c7287 mixed toward gray.

#8a7486

#887684

#857983

#837b82

#817d80

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.87:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#828182 · ΔE 14.3

Deuteranopia

#838581 · ΔE 19.3

Tritanopia

#8b7e7e · ΔE 10.8

Achromatopsia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 14.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c7287;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c7287]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Medium Violet Red #c71585

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Frequently asked questions

#8c7287 (#8c7287) is rgb(140, 114, 135) in RGB.

No, #8c7287 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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