#8e7fa9

Color #8e7fa9

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 18.93 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 12.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8e7fa9

RGB

rgb(142, 127, 169)

HSL

hsl(261.4, 19.6%, 58%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(261.4, 24.9%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(16%, 24.9%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(55.88, 14.35, -20.2)

LCH

lch(55.88, 24.78, 305.39)

OKLCH

oklch(62.5%, 0.0644, 300.95)

HWB

hwb(261.4, 49.8%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9aa97f

Analogous

#7f85a9

#8e7fa9

#a37fa9

Triadic

#8e7fa9

#a98e7f

#7fa98e

Split-complementary

#8e7fa9

#a9a37f

#85a97f

Tetradic

#8e7fa9

#a97f9a

#9aa97f

#7fa98e

Square

#8e7fa9

#a97f85

#9aa97f

#7fa9a3

Shades

Color #8e7fa9 mixed toward black.

#746393

#5d4f76

#463b58

#2f283b

#17141d

Tints

Color #8e7fa9 mixed toward white.

#a194b7

#b4aac6

#c6bfd4

#d9d4e2

#eceaf1

Tones

Color #8e7fa9 mixed toward gray.

#8f82a5

#9086a2

#91899e

#928d9b

#939097

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.76:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.76:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8888a0 · ΔE 7.9

Deuteranopia

#898a9e · ΔE 9.5

Tritanopia

#8d9997 · ΔE 21.9

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 17.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #8e7fa9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e7fa9]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#8e7fa9 (#8e7fa9) is rgb(142, 127, 169) in RGB.

No, #8e7fa9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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