#8e5f9a

Color #8e5f9a

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 24.31 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 12.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8e5f9a

RGB

rgb(142, 95, 154)

HSL

hsl(287.8, 23.7%, 48.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(287.8, 38.3%, 60.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.8%, 38.3%, 0%, 39.6%)

LAB

lab(47.33, 29.7, -24.61)

LCH

lch(47.33, 38.57, 320.35)

OKLCH

oklch(55.8%, 0.1035, 319.31)

HWB

hwb(287.8, 37.3%, 39.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6b9a5f

Analogous

#705f9a

#8e5f9a

#9a5f88

Triadic

#8e5f9a

#9a8e5f

#5f9a8e

Split-complementary

#8e5f9a

#889a5f

#5f9a70

Tetradic

#8e5f9a

#9a5f6b

#6b9a5f

#5f9a8e

Square

#8e5f9a

#9a705f

#6b9a5f

#5f889a

Shades

Color #8e5f9a mixed toward black.

#764f80

#5f3f67

#472f4d

#2f2033

#18101a

Tints

Color #8e5f9a mixed toward white.

#a178ac

#b493bd

#c7aecd

#dac9de

#ece4ee

Tones

Color #8e5f9a mixed toward gray.

#8b6495

#886990

#856e8b

#827386

#7f7881

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.25:1

White text reads better on this background (4.94:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7c8f · ΔE 16.5

Deuteranopia

#7f828c · ΔE 20.1

Tritanopia

#8c8582 · ΔE 24.2

Achromatopsia

#707070 · ΔE 22.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8e5f9a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e5f9a]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#8e5f9a (#8e5f9a) is rgb(142, 95, 154) in RGB.

No, #8e5f9a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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