#8e8295

Color #8e8295

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.81 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8e8295

RGB

rgb(142, 130, 149)

HSL

hsl(277.9, 8.2%, 54.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.9, 12.8%, 58.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.7%, 12.8%, 0%, 41.6%)

LAB

lab(55.97, 8.25, -8.52)

LCH

lch(55.97, 11.86, 314.08)

OKLCH

oklch(62.4%, 0.0313, 313.32)

HWB

hwb(277.9, 51%, 41.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#899582

Analogous

#858295

#8e8295

#958292

Triadic

#8e8295

#958e82

#82958e

Split-complementary

#8e8295

#929582

#829585

Tetradic

#8e8295

#958289

#899582

#82958e

Square

#8e8295

#958582

#899582

#829295

Shades

Color #8e8295 mixed toward black.

#776b7e

#5f5565

#47404b

#2f2b32

#181519

Tints

Color #8e8295 mixed toward white.

#a197a7

#b4acb8

#c6c1ca

#d9d5dc

#eceaed

Tones

Color #8e8295 mixed toward gray.

#8e8493

#8d8592

#8d8790

#8c888f

#8c8a8d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.78:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#898991 · ΔE 7.8

Deuteranopia

#8a8b90 · ΔE 9.6

Tritanopia

#8d8d8c · ΔE 12.2

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 11.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e8295;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e8295]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8e8295 (#8e8295) is rgb(142, 130, 149) in RGB.

No, #8e8295 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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