#8e7b93

Color #8e7b93

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 14.09 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8e7b93

RGB

rgb(142, 123, 147)

HSL

hsl(287.5, 10%, 52.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(287.5, 16.3%, 57.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.4%, 16.3%, 0%, 42.4%)

LAB

lab(54.05, 11.89, -10.24)

LCH

lch(54.05, 15.69, 319.26)

OKLCH

oklch(60.8%, 0.042, 319.15)

HWB

hwb(287.5, 48.2%, 42.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#80937b

Analogous

#827b93

#8e7b93

#937b8c

Triadic

#8e7b93

#938e7b

#7b938e

Split-complementary

#8e7b93

#8c937b

#7b9382

Tetradic

#8e7b93

#937b80

#80937b

#7b938e

Square

#8e7b93

#93827b

#80937b

#7b8c93

Shades

Color #8e7b93 mixed toward black.

#77657c

#5f5163

#473d4a

#302831

#181419

Tints

Color #8e7b93 mixed toward white.

#a191a5

#b4a7b7

#c6bdc9

#d9d3db

#ece9ed

Tones

Color #8e7b93 mixed toward gray.

#8d7d91

#8c7f8f

#8a818d

#89838b

#888589

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.4:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.4:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#86868e · ΔE 11

Deuteranopia

#87898c · ΔE 14

Tritanopia

#8d8988 · ΔE 13.6

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 14

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e7b93;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e7b93]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#8e7b93 (#8e7b93) is rgb(142, 123, 147) in RGB.

No, #8e7b93 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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