#8c7ea7

Color #8c7ea7

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 18.29 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 11.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8c7ea7

RGB

rgb(140, 126, 167)

HSL

hsl(260.5, 18.9%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260.5, 24.6%, 65.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.2%, 24.6%, 0%, 34.5%)

LAB

lab(55.37, 13.81, -19.85)

LCH

lch(55.37, 24.18, 304.83)

OKLCH

oklch(62.1%, 0.0628, 300.2)

HWB

hwb(260.5, 49.4%, 34.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#99a77e

Analogous

#7e85a7

#8c7ea7

#a17ea7

Triadic

#8c7ea7

#a78c7e

#7ea78c

Split-complementary

#8c7ea7

#a7a17e

#85a77e

Tetradic

#8c7ea7

#a77e99

#99a77e

#7ea78c

Square

#8c7ea7

#a77e85

#99a77e

#7ea7a1

Shades

Color #8c7ea7 mixed toward black.

#736391

#5c4f74

#453b57

#2e283a

#17141d

Tints

Color #8c7ea7 mixed toward white.

#9f94b6

#b2a9c4

#c6bfd3

#d9d4e2

#eceaf0

Tones

Color #8c7ea7 mixed toward gray.

#8d82a4

#8e85a0

#8f889d

#908c99

#928f96

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.66:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.66:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#86869e · ΔE 7.5

Deuteranopia

#87889c · ΔE 9.2

Tritanopia

#8b9795 · ΔE 21.6

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 17.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c7ea7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c7ea7]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#8c7ea7 (#8c7ea7) is rgb(140, 126, 167) in RGB.

No, #8c7ea7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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