#8e8998

Color #8e8998

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 8.3 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8e8998

RGB

rgb(142, 137, 152)

HSL

hsl(260, 6.8%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260, 9.9%, 59.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.6%, 9.9%, 0%, 40.4%)

LAB

lab(57.95, 4.85, -7.31)

LCH

lch(57.95, 8.77, 303.56)

OKLCH

oklch(63.9%, 0.0228, 300.83)

HWB

hwb(260, 53.7%, 40.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#939889

Analogous

#898c98

#8e8998

#968998

Triadic

#8e8998

#988e89

#89988e

Split-complementary

#8e8998

#989689

#8c9889

Tetradic

#8e8998

#988993

#939889

#89988e

Square

#8e8998

#98898c

#939889

#899896

Shades

Color #8e8998 mixed toward black.

#767081

#5e5a67

#47434d

#2f2d33

#18161a

Tints

Color #8e8998 mixed toward white.

#a19da9

#b4b0ba

#c7c4cc

#d9d8dd

#ecebee

Tones

Color #8e8998 mixed toward gray.

#8e8a97

#8f8c96

#8f8d94

#908e93

#908f92

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.18:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8c95 · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#8c8d94 · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#8e9291 · ΔE 10.4

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 8.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e8998;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e8998]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#8e8998 (#8e8998) is rgb(142, 137, 152) in RGB.

No, #8e8998 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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