#8d749c

Color #8d749c

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 21 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 9.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8d749c

RGB

rgb(141, 116, 156)

HSL

hsl(277.5, 16.8%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.5, 25.6%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.6%, 25.6%, 0%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(52.46, 17.53, -17.91)

LCH

lch(52.46, 25.06, 314.39)

OKLCH

oklch(59.7%, 0.0662, 312.61)

HWB

hwb(277.5, 45.5%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#839c74

Analogous

#79749c

#8d749c

#9c7497

Triadic

#8d749c

#9c8d74

#749c8d

Split-complementary

#8d749c

#979c74

#749c79

Tetradic

#8d749c

#9c7483

#839c74

#749c8d

Square

#8d749c

#9c7974

#839c74

#74979c

Shades

Color #8d749c mixed toward black.

#765e84

#5e4b6a

#47394f

#2f2635

#18131a

Tints

Color #8d749c mixed toward white.

#a08bac

#b3a2bd

#c6b9cd

#d9d1de

#ece8ee

Tones

Color #8d749c mixed toward gray.

#8c7799

#8b7b95

#8a7e92

#8a818f

#89858b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.11:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#838394 · ΔE 12

Deuteranopia

#848691 · ΔE 14.9

Tritanopia

#8c8c8b · ΔE 20

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 18.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8d749c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8d749c]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8d749c (#8d749c) is rgb(141, 116, 156) in RGB.

No, #8d749c 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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