#8c798a

Color #8c798a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium magenta.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 12.38 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8c798a

RGB

rgb(140, 121, 138)

HSL

hsl(306.3, 7.6%, 51.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(306.3, 13.6%, 54.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 1.4%, 45.1%)

LAB

lab(53.04, 10.51, -6.52)

LCH

lch(53.04, 12.37, 328.19)

OKLCH

oklch(59.9%, 0.034, 329.44)

HWB

hwb(306.3, 47.5%, 45.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#798c7b

Analogous

#85798c

#8c798a

#8c7981

Triadic

#8c798a

#8a8c79

#798a8c

Split-complementary

#8c798a

#818c79

#798c85

Tetradic

#8c798a

#8c7b79

#798c7b

#798a8c

Square

#8c798a

#8c8579

#798c7b

#79818c

Shades

Color #8c798a mixed toward black.

#756573

#5e505c

#463c45

#2f282e

#171417

Tints

Color #8c798a mixed toward white.

#9f8f9e

#b2a6b1

#c6bcc5

#d9d2d8

#ece9ec

Tones

Color #8c798a mixed toward gray.

#8a7b89

#897c88

#877e86

#867f85

#848184

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.22:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#848486 · ΔE 11.7

Deuteranopia

#858785 · ΔE 15.2

Tritanopia

#8b8382 · ΔE 10.2

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 12.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c798a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c798a]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#8c798a (#8c798a) is rgb(140, 121, 138) in RGB.

No, #8c798a 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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