#8c819b

Color #8c819b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 11.71 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 9.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8c819b

RGB

rgb(140, 129, 155)

HSL

hsl(265.4, 11.5%, 55.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(265.4, 16.8%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.7%, 16.8%, 0%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(55.73, 9.39, -12.38)

LCH

lch(55.73, 15.54, 307.18)

OKLCH

oklch(62.2%, 0.0405, 304.44)

HWB

hwb(265.4, 50.6%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#909b81

Analogous

#81839b

#8c819b

#99819b

Triadic

#8c819b

#9b8c81

#819b8c

Split-complementary

#8c819b

#9b9981

#839b81

Tetradic

#8c819b

#9b8190

#909b81

#819b8c

Square

#8c819b

#9b8183

#909b81

#819b99

Shades

Color #8c819b mixed toward black.

#746984

#5d546a

#463f4f

#2f2a35

#17151a

Tints

Color #8c819b mixed toward white.

#9f96ac

#b2abbc

#c6c0cd

#d9d5de

#eceaee

Tones

Color #8c819b mixed toward gray.

#8c8399

#8d8597

#8d8895

#8d8a92

#8e8c90

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.73:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.73:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#878795 · ΔE 7.1

Deuteranopia

#888994 · ΔE 8.7

Tritanopia

#8b908f · ΔE 15.7

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 13.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c819b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c819b]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Purple #9370db

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#8c819b (#8c819b) is rgb(140, 129, 155) in RGB.

No, #8c819b 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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