#8d819a

Color #8d819a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 11.79 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 9.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8d819a

RGB

rgb(141, 129, 154)

HSL

hsl(268.8, 11%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(268.8, 16.2%, 60.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.4%, 16.2%, 0%, 39.6%)

LAB

lab(55.78, 9.52, -11.71)

LCH

lch(55.78, 15.09, 309.11)

OKLCH

oklch(62.2%, 0.0395, 306.87)

HWB

hwb(268.8, 50.6%, 39.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8e9a81

Analogous

#81829a

#8d819a

#9a819a

Triadic

#8d819a

#9a8d81

#819a8d

Split-complementary

#8d819a

#9a9a81

#829a81

Tetradic

#8d819a

#9a818e

#8e9a81

#819a8d

Square

#8d819a

#9a8182

#8e9a81

#819a9a

Shades

Color #8d819a mixed toward black.

#756983

#5e5469

#463f4f

#2f2a34

#17151a

Tints

Color #8d819a mixed toward white.

#a096ab

#b3abbc

#c6c0cd

#d9d5dd

#eceaee

Tones

Color #8d819a mixed toward gray.

#8d8398

#8d8596

#8d8794

#8d8992

#8d8b90

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.74:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#888894 · ΔE 7.9

Deuteranopia

#898a93 · ΔE 9.5

Tritanopia

#8c908f · ΔE 15.3

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 13

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8d819a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8d819a]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#8d819a (#8d819a) is rgb(141, 129, 154) in RGB.

No, #8d819a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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