#8e728e

Color #8e728e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium magenta.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 18.31 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8e728e

RGB

rgb(142, 114, 142)

HSL

hsl(300, 11%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(300, 19.7%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 0%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(51.54, 16.12, -11.09)

LCH

lch(51.54, 19.57, 325.47)

OKLCH

oklch(58.9%, 0.0535, 326.28)

HWB

hwb(300, 44.7%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#728e72

Analogous

#80728e

#8e728e

#8e7280

Triadic

#8e728e

#8e8e72

#728e8e

Split-complementary

#8e728e

#808e72

#728e80

Tetradic

#8e728e

#8e7272

#728e72

#728e8e

Square

#8e728e

#8e8072

#728e72

#72808e

Shades

Color #8e728e mixed toward black.

#765f76

#5f4c5f

#473947

#2f262f

#181318

Tints

Color #8e728e mixed toward white.

#a18aa1

#b4a1b4

#c6b9c6

#d9d0d9

#ece8ec

Tones

Color #8e728e mixed toward gray.

#8c748c

#897789

#877987

#857b85

#827e82

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.95:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#838388 · ΔE 15

Deuteranopia

#848686 · ΔE 17.6

Tritanopia

#8d8382 · ΔE 14.4

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 16.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8e728e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e728e]

Related colors

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Violet #ee82ee

Frequently asked questions

#8e728e (#8e728e) is rgb(142, 114, 142) in RGB.

No, #8e728e 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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