#8e75a2

Color #8e75a2

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 23 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 10.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8e75a2

RGB

rgb(142, 117, 162)

HSL

hsl(273.3, 19.5%, 54.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(273.3, 27.8%, 63.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.3%, 27.8%, 0%, 36.5%)

LAB

lab(53.04, 18.61, -20.5)

LCH

lch(53.04, 27.69, 312.23)

OKLCH

oklch(60.2%, 0.0727, 309.58)

HWB

hwb(273.3, 45.9%, 36.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#89a275

Analogous

#7775a2

#8e75a2

#a275a0

Triadic

#8e75a2

#a28e75

#75a28e

Split-complementary

#8e75a2

#a0a275

#75a277

Tetradic

#8e75a2

#a27589

#89a275

#75a28e

Square

#8e75a2

#a27775

#89a275

#75a0a2

Shades

Color #8e75a2 mixed toward black.

#775e8b

#5f4b6f

#473853

#2f2538

#18131c

Tints

Color #8e75a2 mixed toward white.

#a18cb2

#b4a3c1

#c6bad1

#d9d1e0

#ece8f0

Tones

Color #8e75a2 mixed toward gray.

#8e799e

#8d7c9b

#8d8097

#8c8493

#8c888f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.22:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#848499 · ΔE 11.3

Deuteranopia

#858796 · ΔE 14

Tritanopia

#8d918f · ΔE 21.6

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 19.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e75a2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e75a2]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#8e75a2 (#8e75a2) is rgb(142, 117, 162) in RGB.

No, #8e75a2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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