#8c7fa3

Color #8c7fa3

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 15.85 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 11

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Conversions

HEX

#8c7fa3

RGB

rgb(140, 127, 163)

HSL

hsl(261.7, 16.4%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(261.7, 22.1%, 63.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.1%, 22.1%, 0%, 36.1%)

LAB

lab(55.48, 12.31, -17.37)

LCH

lch(55.48, 21.29, 305.32)

OKLCH

oklch(62.1%, 0.0554, 301.34)

HWB

hwb(261.7, 49.8%, 36.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#96a37f

Analogous

#7f84a3

#8c7fa3

#9e7fa3

Triadic

#8c7fa3

#a38c7f

#7fa38c

Split-complementary

#8c7fa3

#a39e7f

#84a37f

Tetradic

#8c7fa3

#a37f96

#96a37f

#7fa38c

Square

#8c7fa3

#a37f84

#96a37f

#7fa39e

Shades

Color #8c7fa3 mixed toward black.

#73658d

#5c5171

#453d54

#2e2838

#17141c

Tints

Color #8c7fa3 mixed toward white.

#9f94b2

#b2aac2

#c6bfd1

#d9d4e0

#eceaf0

Tones

Color #8c7fa3 mixed toward gray.

#8d82a0

#8e859d

#8f889a

#8f8b97

#908e94

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.68:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#87869b · ΔE 7.1

Deuteranopia

#878899 · ΔE 9.1

Tritanopia

#8b9593 · ΔE 20.2

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 16.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8c7fa3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c7fa3]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#8c7fa3 (#8c7fa3) is rgb(140, 127, 163) in RGB.

No, #8c7fa3 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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