#8e8097

Color #8e8097

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 12.1 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8e8097

RGB

rgb(142, 128, 151)

HSL

hsl(276.5, 10%, 54.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.5, 15.2%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(6%, 15.2%, 0%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(55.51, 9.82, -10.38)

LCH

lch(55.51, 14.29, 313.41)

OKLCH

oklch(62%, 0.0377, 312.31)

HWB

hwb(276.5, 50.2%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#899780

Analogous

#828097

#8e8097

#978095

Triadic

#8e8097

#978e80

#80978e

Split-complementary

#8e8097

#959780

#809782

Tetradic

#8e8097

#978089

#899780

#80978e

Square

#8e8097

#978280

#899780

#809597

Shades

Color #8e8097 mixed toward black.

#776980

#5f5466

#473f4d

#302a33

#18151a

Tints

Color #8e8097 mixed toward white.

#a195a8

#b4aaba

#c6bfcb

#d9d5dc

#eceaee

Tones

Color #8e8097 mixed toward gray.

#8e8295

#8d8493

#8d8691

#8c888f

#8c8a8d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.68:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#888892 · ΔE 8.7

Deuteranopia

#898a91 · ΔE 10.3

Tritanopia

#8d8e8d · ΔE 14

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 12.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8e8097;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e8097]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8e8097 (#8e8097) is rgb(142, 128, 151) in RGB.

No, #8e8097 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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