#8e7e89

Color #8e7e89

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium magenta.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 9 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8e7e89

RGB

rgb(142, 126, 137)

HSL

hsl(318.8, 6.6%, 52.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(318.8, 11.3%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 3.5%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(54.53, 8.15, -3.71)

LCH

lch(54.53, 8.95, 335.52)

OKLCH

oklch(61.1%, 0.0252, 337.1)

HWB

hwb(318.8, 49.4%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7e8e83

Analogous

#8b7e8e

#8e7e89

#8e7e81

Triadic

#8e7e89

#898e7e

#7e898e

Split-complementary

#8e7e89

#818e7e

#7e8e8b

Tetradic

#8e7e89

#8e837e

#7e8e83

#7e898e

Square

#8e7e89

#8e8b7e

#7e8e83

#7e818e

Shades

Color #8e7e89 mixed toward black.

#776872

#5f535b

#473f45

#302a2e

#181517

Tints

Color #8e7e89 mixed toward white.

#a1939d

#b4a9b0

#c6bec4

#d9d4d8

#ece9eb

Tones

Color #8e7e89 mixed toward gray.

#8d7f88

#8b8188

#8a8287

#898387

#878586

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.5:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#878786 · ΔE 10.7

Deuteranopia

#888986 · ΔE 12.5

Tritanopia

#8d8484 · ΔE 6.6

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 9.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e7e89;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e7e89]

Related colors

Medium Violet Red #c71585

Deep Pink #ff1493

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#8e7e89 (#8e7e89) is rgb(142, 126, 137) in RGB.

No, #8e7e89 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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