#8c83a6

Color #8c83a6

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 14.36 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 12

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Conversions

HEX

#8c83a6

RGB

rgb(140, 131, 166)

HSL

hsl(255.4, 16.4%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(255.4, 21.1%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.7%, 21.1%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(56.65, 10.67, -17.33)

LCH

lch(56.65, 20.35, 301.62)

OKLCH

oklch(63%, 0.0528, 296.66)

HWB

hwb(255.4, 51.4%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9da683

Analogous

#838ba6

#8c83a6

#9d83a6

Triadic

#8c83a6

#a68c83

#83a68c

Split-complementary

#8c83a6

#a69d83

#8ba683

Tetradic

#8c83a6

#a6839d

#9da683

#83a68c

Square

#8c83a6

#a6838b

#9da683

#83a69d

Shades

Color #8c83a6 mixed toward black.

#726790

#5b5373

#443e56

#2e293a

#17151d

Tints

Color #8c83a6 mixed toward white.

#9f98b5

#b2acc4

#c5c1d2

#d9d6e1

#eceaf0

Tones

Color #8c83a6 mixed toward gray.

#8d86a3

#8f89a0

#908c9d

#928f9a

#939197

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.91:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#88889e · ΔE 5.9

Deuteranopia

#89899d · ΔE 6.6

Tritanopia

#8c9897 · ΔE 19.5

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 15.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c83a6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c83a6]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Navy #000080

Frequently asked questions

#8c83a6 (#8c83a6) is rgb(140, 131, 166) in RGB.

No, #8c83a6 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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