#8c729c

Color #8c729c

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 22.13 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 9.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8c729c

RGB

rgb(140, 114, 156)

HSL

hsl(277.1, 17.5%, 52.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.1, 26.9%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.3%, 26.9%, 0%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(51.85, 18.36, -18.85)

LCH

lch(51.85, 26.31, 314.25)

OKLCH

oklch(59.2%, 0.0694, 312.26)

HWB

hwb(277.1, 44.7%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#829c72

Analogous

#77729c

#8c729c

#9c7297

Triadic

#8c729c

#9c8c72

#729c8c

Split-complementary

#8c729c

#979c72

#729c77

Tetradic

#8c729c

#9c7282

#829c72

#729c8c

Square

#8c729c

#9c7772

#829c72

#72979c

Shades

Color #8c729c mixed toward black.

#755d84

#5e4a6a

#46384f

#2f2535

#17131a

Tints

Color #8c729c mixed toward white.

#9f89ac

#b2a1bd

#c5b8cd

#d9d0de

#ece7ee

Tones

Color #8c729c mixed toward gray.

#8b7598

#8a7995

#897c91

#89808e

#88838a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

5:1

Black text reads better on this background (5:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#828193 · ΔE 11.8

Deuteranopia

#838591 · ΔE 15

Tritanopia

#8b8c8a · ΔE 22

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 18.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c729c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c729c]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8c729c (#8c729c) is rgb(140, 114, 156) in RGB.

No, #8c729c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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