#8d879f

Color #8d879f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.57 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8d879f

RGB

rgb(141, 135, 159)

HSL

hsl(255, 11.1%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(255, 15.1%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.3%, 15.1%, 0%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(57.55, 7.14, -11.93)

LCH

lch(57.55, 13.9, 300.9)

OKLCH

oklch(63.7%, 0.0361, 296.85)

HWB

hwb(255, 52.9%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#999f87

Analogous

#878d9f

#8d879f

#99879f

Triadic

#8d879f

#9f8d87

#879f8d

Split-complementary

#8d879f

#9f9987

#8d9f87

Tetradic

#8d879f

#9f8799

#999f87

#879f8d

Square

#8d879f

#9f878d

#999f87

#879f99

Shades

Color #8d879f mixed toward black.

#746d88

#5c576d

#454152

#2e2c36

#17161b

Tints

Color #8d879f mixed toward white.

#a09baf

#b3afbf

#c6c3cf

#d9d7df

#ecebef

Tones

Color #8d879f mixed toward gray.

#8e899d

#8f8b9b

#908d99

#918f97

#929195

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.1:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.1:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8a9a · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#8b8b98 · ΔE 5.6

Tritanopia

#8d9594 · ΔE 15

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 11.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8d879f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8d879f]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8d879f (#8d879f) is rgb(141, 135, 159) in RGB.

No, #8d879f 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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