#8d7a9f

Color #8d7a9f

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 18.06 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 9.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8d7a9f

RGB

rgb(141, 122, 159)

HSL

hsl(270.8, 16.2%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270.8, 23.3%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.3%, 23.3%, 0%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(54.12, 14.68, -17.13)

LCH

lch(54.12, 22.56, 310.6)

OKLCH

oklch(61%, 0.0591, 307.92)

HWB

hwb(270.8, 47.8%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8c9f7a

Analogous

#7a7a9f

#8d7a9f

#9f7a9f

Triadic

#8d7a9f

#9f8d7a

#7a9f8d

Split-complementary

#8d7a9f

#9f9f7a

#7a9f7a

Tetradic

#8d7a9f

#9f7a8c

#8c9f7a

#7a9f8d

Square

#8d7a9f

#9f7a7a

#8c9f7a

#7a9f9f

Shades

Color #8d7a9f mixed toward black.

#766288

#5e4e6d

#473b52

#2f2736

#18141b

Tints

Color #8d7a9f mixed toward white.

#a090af

#b3a6bf

#c6bccf

#d9d3df

#ece9ef

Tones

Color #8d7a9f mixed toward gray.

#8d7d9c

#8d8099

#8d8396

#8d8693

#8d8990

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.42:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#858597 · ΔE 10

Deuteranopia

#868895 · ΔE 12.5

Tritanopia

#8c908f · ΔE 19.1

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 17

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8d7a9f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8d7a9f]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#8d7a9f (#8d7a9f) is rgb(141, 122, 159) in RGB.

No, #8d7a9f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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