#8f5e99

Color #8f5e99

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 24.56 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 12.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8f5e99

RGB

rgb(143, 94, 153)

HSL

hsl(289.8, 23.9%, 48.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(289.8, 38.6%, 60%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.5%, 38.6%, 0%, 40%)

LAB

lab(47.16, 30.39, -24.26)

LCH

lch(47.16, 38.89, 321.4)

OKLCH

oklch(55.7%, 0.1048, 320.61)

HWB

hwb(289.8, 36.9%, 40%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#68995e

Analogous

#715e99

#8f5e99

#995e85

Triadic

#8f5e99

#998f5e

#5e998f

Split-complementary

#8f5e99

#85995e

#5e9971

Tetradic

#8f5e99

#995e68

#68995e

#5e998f

Square

#8f5e99

#99715e

#68995e

#5e8599

Shades

Color #8f5e99 mixed toward black.

#774e7f

#5f3f66

#472f4c

#301f33

#181019

Tints

Color #8f5e99 mixed toward white.

#a377ac

#b592bc

#c8adcd

#dac9de

#ede4ee

Tones

Color #8f5e99 mixed toward gray.

#8c6394

#88688f

#856d8a

#827285

#7f7780

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.23:1

White text reads better on this background (4.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7c8e · ΔE 16.8

Deuteranopia

#7f838b · ΔE 20.7

Tritanopia

#8d8481 · ΔE 23.8

Achromatopsia

#707070 · ΔE 22.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8f5e99;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8f5e99]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#8f5e99 (#8f5e99) is rgb(143, 94, 153) in RGB.

No, #8f5e99 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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