#8e738a

Color #8e738a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium magenta.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 17.05 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8e738a

RGB

rgb(142, 115, 138)

HSL

hsl(308.9, 10.7%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(308.9, 19%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 19%, 2.8%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(51.66, 14.75, -8.55)

LCH

lch(51.66, 17.05, 329.9)

OKLCH

oklch(58.9%, 0.0473, 331.16)

HWB

hwb(308.9, 45.1%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#738e77

Analogous

#85738e

#8e738a

#8e737d

Triadic

#8e738a

#8a8e73

#738a8e

Split-complementary

#8e738a

#7d8e73

#738e85

Tetradic

#8e738a

#8e7773

#738e77

#738a8e

Square

#8e738a

#8e8573

#738e77

#737d8e

Shades

Color #8e738a mixed toward black.

#776073

#5f4d5c

#473945

#2f262e

#181317

Tints

Color #8e738a mixed toward white.

#a18a9e

#b4a2b1

#c7b9c5

#d9d0d8

#ece8ec

Tones

Color #8e738a mixed toward gray.

#8c7588

#8a7787

#877a85

#857c84

#837e82

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#838385 · ΔE 15

Deuteranopia

#858784 · ΔE 19.3

Tritanopia

#8d8180 · ΔE 12.3

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 15.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e738a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e738a]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#8e738a (#8e738a) is rgb(142, 115, 138) in RGB.

No, #8e738a 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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