#8e73aa

Color #8e73aa

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 23.5 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 12.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8e73aa

RGB

rgb(142, 115, 170)

HSL

hsl(269.5, 24.4%, 55.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(269.5, 32.4%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.5%, 32.4%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(52.86, 21.59, -25.43)

LCH

lch(52.86, 33.36, 310.33)

OKLCH

oklch(60.2%, 0.087, 306.4)

HWB

hwb(269.5, 45.1%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8faa73

Analogous

#7374aa

#8e73aa

#aa73aa

Triadic

#8e73aa

#aa8e73

#73aa8e

Split-complementary

#8e73aa

#aaaa73

#74aa73

Tetradic

#8e73aa

#aa738f

#8faa73

#73aa8e

Square

#8e73aa

#aa7374

#8faa73

#73aaaa

Shades

Color #8e73aa mixed toward black.

#765a94

#5f4876

#473659

#2f243b

#18121e

Tints

Color #8e73aa mixed toward white.

#a18ab8

#b4a2c6

#c7b9d4

#d9d0e3

#ece8f1

Tones

Color #8e73aa mixed toward gray.

#8e78a5

#8e7ca1

#8e819c

#8e8598

#8e8a93

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.18:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#83839f · ΔE 10.4

Deuteranopia

#85879c · ΔE 13.1

Tritanopia

#8d9593 · ΔE 23.2

Achromatopsia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 20.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e73aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e73aa]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#8e73aa (#8e73aa) is rgb(142, 115, 170) in RGB.

No, #8e73aa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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