#8e7389

Color #8e7389

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium magenta.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 16.72 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8e7389

RGB

rgb(142, 115, 137)

HSL

hsl(311.1, 10.7%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(311.1, 19%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 19%, 3.5%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(51.63, 14.55, -8.01)

LCH

lch(51.63, 16.61, 331.17)

OKLCH

oklch(58.9%, 0.0462, 332.55)

HWB

hwb(311.1, 45.1%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#738e78

Analogous

#86738e

#8e7389

#8e737c

Triadic

#8e7389

#898e73

#73898e

Split-complementary

#8e7389

#7c8e73

#738e86

Tetradic

#8e7389

#8e7873

#738e78

#73898e

Square

#8e7389

#8e8673

#738e78

#737c8e

Shades

Color #8e7389 mixed toward black.

#776072

#5f4d5b

#473945

#2f262e

#181317

Tints

Color #8e7389 mixed toward white.

#a18a9d

#b4a2b0

#c7b9c4

#d9d0d8

#ece8eb

Tones

Color #8e7389 mixed toward gray.

#8c7588

#8a7786

#877a85

#857c83

#837e82

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.96:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#838384 · ΔE 15.1

Deuteranopia

#858783 · ΔE 19.7

Tritanopia

#8d807f · ΔE 11.7

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 15.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e7389;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e7389]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Medium Violet Red #c71585

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Frequently asked questions

#8e7389 (#8e7389) is rgb(142, 115, 137) in RGB.

No, #8e7389 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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