#8e8692

Color #8e8692

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 8.25 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8e8692

RGB

rgb(142, 134, 146)

HSL

hsl(280, 5.2%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280, 8.2%, 57.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.7%, 8.2%, 0%, 42.7%)

LAB

lab(56.95, 5.33, -5.33)

LCH

lch(56.95, 7.54, 315)

OKLCH

oklch(63.1%, 0.0199, 314.59)

HWB

hwb(280, 52.5%, 42.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8a9286

Analogous

#888692

#8e8692

#928690

Triadic

#8e8692

#928e86

#86928e

Split-complementary

#8e8692

#909286

#869288

Tetradic

#8e8692

#92868a

#8a9286

#86928e

Square

#8e8692

#928886

#8a9286

#869092

Shades

Color #8e8692 mixed toward black.

#776f7b

#5f5862

#47424a

#2f2c31

#181619

Tints

Color #8e8692 mixed toward white.

#a19aa4

#b4aeb6

#c6c3c8

#d9d7db

#ecebed

Tones

Color #8e8692 mixed toward gray.

#8e8791

#8d8890

#8d898f

#8d8a8e

#8c8b8d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.98:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8b8f · ΔE 6.1

Deuteranopia

#8b8c8f · ΔE 7

Tritanopia

#8e8d8c · ΔE 8.3

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 7.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e8692;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e8692]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#8e8692 (#8e8692) is rgb(142, 134, 146) in RGB.

No, #8e8692 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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