#8e779c

Color #8e779c

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 19.23 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 9.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8e779c

RGB

rgb(142, 119, 156)

HSL

hsl(277.3, 15.7%, 53.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.3, 23.7%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(9%, 23.7%, 0%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(53.33, 16.12, -16.58)

LCH

lch(53.33, 23.12, 314.19)

OKLCH

oklch(60.4%, 0.061, 312.48)

HWB

hwb(277.3, 46.7%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#859c77

Analogous

#7b779c

#8e779c

#9c7797

Triadic

#8e779c

#9c8e77

#779c8e

Split-complementary

#8e779c

#979c77

#779c7b

Tetradic

#8e779c

#9c7785

#859c77

#779c8e

Square

#8e779c

#9c7b77

#859c77

#77979c

Shades

Color #8e779c mixed toward black.

#776185

#5f4d6a

#473a50

#302735

#18131b

Tints

Color #8e779c mixed toward white.

#a18eac

#b4a4bd

#c6bbcd

#d9d2de

#ece8ee

Tones

Color #8e779c mixed toward gray.

#8d7a99

#8c7d96

#8c8093

#8b8390

#8a868d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.27:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#858494 · ΔE 11.1

Deuteranopia

#868892 · ΔE 14.5

Tritanopia

#8d8d8c · ΔE 19

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 17.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e779c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e779c]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8e779c (#8e779c) is rgb(142, 119, 156) in RGB.

No, #8e779c 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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