#8c8894

Color #8c8894

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 7.99 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8c8894

RGB

rgb(140, 136, 148)

HSL

hsl(260, 5.3%, 55.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260, 8.1%, 58%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.4%, 8.1%, 0%, 42%)

LAB

lab(57.39, 3.88, -5.86)

LCH

lch(57.39, 7.03, 303.51)

OKLCH

oklch(63.4%, 0.0183, 300.91)

HWB

hwb(260, 53.3%, 42%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#909488

Analogous

#888a94

#8c8894

#928894

Triadic

#8c8894

#948c88

#88948c

Split-complementary

#8c8894

#949288

#8a9488

Tetradic

#8c8894

#948890

#909488

#88948c

Square

#8c8894

#94888a

#909488

#889492

Shades

Color #8c8894 mixed toward black.

#74707d

#5d5a64

#46434b

#2f2d32

#171619

Tints

Color #8c8894 mixed toward white.

#9f9ca6

#b2b0b8

#c6c4ca

#d9d7db

#ecebed

Tones

Color #8c8894 mixed toward gray.

#8c8993

#8d8a92

#8d8b91

#8d8c90

#8e8d8f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.06:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.06:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8a91 · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#8b8b91 · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#8c8f8e · ΔE 8.6

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c8894;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c8894]

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

#8c8894 (#8c8894) is rgb(140, 136, 148) in RGB.

No, #8c8894 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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