#8e5d99

Color #8e5d99

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 23.99 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 12.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8e5d99

RGB

rgb(142, 93, 153)

HSL

hsl(289, 24.4%, 48.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(289, 39.2%, 60%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.2%, 39.2%, 0%, 40%)

LAB

lab(46.82, 30.64, -24.8)

LCH

lch(46.82, 39.42, 321.01)

OKLCH

oklch(55.4%, 0.1061, 320.13)

HWB

hwb(289, 36.5%, 40%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#68995d

Analogous

#705d99

#8e5d99

#995d86

Triadic

#8e5d99

#998e5d

#5d998e

Split-complementary

#8e5d99

#86995d

#5d9970

Tetradic

#8e5d99

#995d68

#68995d

#5d998e

Square

#8e5d99

#99705d

#68995d

#5d8699

Shades

Color #8e5d99 mixed toward black.

#764d7f

#5f3e66

#472e4c

#2f1f33

#180f19

Tints

Color #8e5d99 mixed toward white.

#a276ac

#b591bc

#c7adcd

#dac8de

#ece4ee

Tones

Color #8e5d99 mixed toward gray.

#8b6294

#88678f

#846c8a

#817185

#7e7680

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.18:1

White text reads better on this background (5.03:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7b8d · ΔE 16.9

Deuteranopia

#7e828a · ΔE 20.7

Tritanopia

#8c8381 · ΔE 23.5

Achromatopsia

#6f6f6f · ΔE 22.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e5d99;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e5d99]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#8e5d99 (#8e5d99) is rgb(142, 93, 153) in RGB.

No, #8e5d99 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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