#8e8893

Color #8e8893

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 7.77 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8e8893

RGB

rgb(142, 136, 147)

HSL

hsl(272.7, 4.8%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(272.7, 7.5%, 57.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.4%, 7.5%, 0%, 42.4%)

LAB

lab(57.53, 4.39, -5.06)

LCH

lch(57.53, 6.7, 310.94)

OKLCH

oklch(63.6%, 0.0176, 309.93)

HWB

hwb(272.7, 53.3%, 42.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8d9388

Analogous

#898893

#8e8893

#938892

Triadic

#8e8893

#938e88

#88938e

Split-complementary

#8e8893

#929388

#889389

Tetradic

#8e8893

#93888d

#8d9388

#88938e

Square

#8e8893

#938988

#8d9388

#889293

Shades

Color #8e8893 mixed toward black.

#76707c

#5f5a63

#47434a

#2f2d31

#181619

Tints

Color #8e8893 mixed toward white.

#a19ca5

#b4b0b7

#c7c4c9

#d9d7db

#ecebed

Tones

Color #8e8893 mixed toward gray.

#8e8992

#8e8a91

#8e8b90

#8e8c8f

#8e8d8e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.09:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8b90 · ΔE 4.6

Deuteranopia

#8c8c90 · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 7.1

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8e8893;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e8893]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#8e8893 (#8e8893) is rgb(142, 136, 147) in RGB.

No, #8e8893 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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