#8e8399

Color #8e8399

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.79 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8e8399

RGB

rgb(142, 131, 153)

HSL

hsl(270, 9.7%, 55.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270, 14.4%, 60%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.2%, 14.4%, 0%, 40%)

LAB

lab(56.37, 8.5, -10.24)

LCH

lch(56.37, 13.31, 309.7)

OKLCH

oklch(62.7%, 0.0349, 307.79)

HWB

hwb(270, 51.4%, 40%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8e9983

Analogous

#838399

#8e8399

#998399

Triadic

#8e8399

#998e83

#83998e

Split-complementary

#8e8399

#999983

#839983

Tetradic

#8e8399

#99838e

#8e9983

#83998e

Square

#8e8399

#998383

#8e9983

#839999

Shades

Color #8e8399 mixed toward black.

#766b82

#5f5668

#47404e

#2f2b34

#18151a

Tints

Color #8e8399 mixed toward white.

#a198aa

#b4acbb

#c7c1cc

#d9d6dd

#eceaee

Tones

Color #8e8399 mixed toward gray.

#8e8597

#8e8795

#8e8994

#8e8a92

#8e8c90

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.86:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.86:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#898994 · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#8a8b93 · ΔE 8.8

Tritanopia

#8d908f · ΔE 13.8

Achromatopsia

#878787 · ΔE 11.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8e8399;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e8399]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#8e8399 (#8e8399) is rgb(142, 131, 153) in RGB.

No, #8e8399 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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