#8e75ac

Color #8e75ac

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 23.38 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 13

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Conversions

HEX

#8e75ac

RGB

rgb(142, 117, 172)

HSL

hsl(267.3, 24.9%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(267.3, 32%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.4%, 32%, 0%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(53.44, 20.88, -25.69)

LCH

lch(53.44, 33.11, 309.1)

OKLCH

oklch(60.7%, 0.0861, 304.78)

HWB

hwb(267.3, 45.9%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#93ac75

Analogous

#7578ac

#8e75ac

#aa75ac

Triadic

#8e75ac

#ac8e75

#75ac8e

Split-complementary

#8e75ac

#acaa75

#78ac75

Tetradic

#8e75ac

#ac7593

#93ac75

#75ac8e

Square

#8e75ac

#ac7578

#93ac75

#75acaa

Shades

Color #8e75ac mixed toward black.

#765a96

#5e4878

#47365a

#2f243c

#18121e

Tints

Color #8e75ac mixed toward white.

#a18cba

#b4a3c8

#c7bad6

#d9d1e3

#ece8f1

Tones

Color #8e75ac mixed toward gray.

#8f7aa7

#8f7ea3

#8f839e

#90879a

#908c95

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.29:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8484a1 · ΔE 9.7

Deuteranopia

#85879e · ΔE 12

Tritanopia

#8d9795 · ΔE 23.4

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 20.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e75ac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e75ac]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#8e75ac (#8e75ac) is rgb(142, 117, 172) in RGB.

No, #8e75ac is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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