#8e7e95

Color #8e7e95

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 12.88 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 8.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8e7e95

RGB

rgb(142, 126, 149)

HSL

hsl(281.7, 9.8%, 53.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.7, 15.4%, 58.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.7%, 15.4%, 0%, 41.6%)

LAB

lab(54.91, 10.56, -10.12)

LCH

lch(54.91, 14.63, 316.22)

OKLCH

oklch(61.5%, 0.0389, 315.63)

HWB

hwb(281.7, 49.4%, 41.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#85957e

Analogous

#827e95

#8e7e95

#957e90

Triadic

#8e7e95

#958e7e

#7e958e

Split-complementary

#8e7e95

#90957e

#7e9582

Tetradic

#8e7e95

#957e85

#85957e

#7e958e

Square

#8e7e95

#95827e

#85957e

#7e9095

Shades

Color #8e7e95 mixed toward black.

#77677e

#5f5365

#473e4b

#302932

#181519

Tints

Color #8e7e95 mixed toward white.

#a193a7

#b4a9b8

#c6beca

#d9d4dc

#ece9ed

Tones

Color #8e7e95 mixed toward gray.

#8d8093

#8c8291

#8c848f

#8b868d

#8a888b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.57:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.57:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#878790 · ΔE 9.6

Deuteranopia

#88898f · ΔE 11.2

Tritanopia

#8d8c8b · ΔE 13.8

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 13.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e7e95;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e7e95]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#8e7e95 (#8e7e95) is rgb(142, 126, 149) in RGB.

No, #8e7e95 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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