#8e68a5

Color #8e68a5

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 24.34 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 12.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8e68a5

RGB

rgb(142, 104, 165)

HSL

hsl(277.4, 25.3%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.4, 37%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.9%, 37%, 0%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(49.94, 26.88, -27.03)

LCH

lch(49.94, 38.12, 314.84)

OKLCH

oklch(57.9%, 0.1003, 312.05)

HWB

hwb(277.4, 40.8%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7fa568

Analogous

#6f68a5

#8e68a5

#a5689d

Triadic

#8e68a5

#a58e68

#68a58e

Split-complementary

#8e68a5

#9da568

#68a56f

Tetradic

#8e68a5

#a5687f

#7fa568

#68a58e

Square

#8e68a5

#a56f68

#7fa568

#689da5

Shades

Color #8e68a5 mixed toward black.

#77548c

#5f4370

#473254

#302138

#18111c

Tints

Color #8e68a5 mixed toward white.

#a181b4

#b49ac3

#c6b3d2

#d9cde1

#ece6f0

Tones

Color #8e68a5 mixed toward gray.

#8d6da0

#8b729b

#8a7796

#897c91

#88818b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.67:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.67:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f7f99 · ΔE 13.2

Deuteranopia

#818496 · ΔE 16.3

Tritanopia

#8c8f8c · ΔE 25.2

Achromatopsia

#777777 · ΔE 22.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e68a5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e68a5]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8e68a5 (#8e68a5) is rgb(142, 104, 165) in RGB.

No, #8e68a5 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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