#8c7ea5

Color #8c7ea5

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 17.41 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 11.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8c7ea5

RGB

rgb(140, 126, 165)

HSL

hsl(261.5, 17.8%, 57.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(261.5, 23.6%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.2%, 23.6%, 0%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(55.29, 13.35, -18.82)

LCH

lch(55.29, 23.07, 305.35)

OKLCH

oklch(62%, 0.06, 301.09)

HWB

hwb(261.5, 49.4%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97a57e

Analogous

#7e84a5

#8c7ea5

#a07ea5

Triadic

#8c7ea5

#a58c7e

#7ea58c

Split-complementary

#8c7ea5

#a5a07e

#84a57e

Tetradic

#8c7ea5

#a57e97

#97a57e

#7ea58c

Square

#8c7ea5

#a57e84

#97a57e

#7ea5a0

Shades

Color #8c7ea5 mixed toward black.

#73648f

#5c5072

#453c56

#2e2839

#17141d

Tints

Color #8c7ea5 mixed toward white.

#9f94b4

#b2a9c3

#c6bfd2

#d9d4e1

#eceaf0

Tones

Color #8c7ea5 mixed toward gray.

#8d81a2

#8e859f

#8f889b

#908b98

#918e95

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.64:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.64:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#86869d · ΔE 7.5

Deuteranopia

#87889b · ΔE 9.2

Tritanopia

#8b9694 · ΔE 21.1

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 16.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #8c7ea5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c7ea5]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Indigo #4b0082

Frequently asked questions

#8c7ea5 (#8c7ea5) is rgb(140, 126, 165) in RGB.

No, #8c7ea5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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