#8f6f8a

Color #8f6f8a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium magenta.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 19.71 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8f6f8a

RGB

rgb(143, 111, 138)

HSL

hsl(309.4, 12.6%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(309.4, 22.4%, 56.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 3.5%, 43.9%)

LAB

lab(50.74, 17.45, -9.93)

LCH

lch(50.74, 20.08, 330.36)

OKLCH

oklch(58.2%, 0.0559, 331.69)

HWB

hwb(309.4, 43.5%, 43.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6f8f74

Analogous

#846f8f

#8f6f8a

#8f6f7a

Triadic

#8f6f8a

#8a8f6f

#6f8a8f

Split-complementary

#8f6f8a

#7a8f6f

#6f8f84

Tetradic

#8f6f8a

#8f746f

#6f8f74

#6f8a8f

Square

#8f6f8a

#8f846f

#6f8f74

#6f7a8f

Shades

Color #8f6f8a mixed toward black.

#775c73

#5f4a5c

#473745

#30252e

#181217

Tints

Color #8f6f8a mixed toward white.

#a2879e

#b49fb1

#c7b7c5

#dacfd8

#ece7ec

Tones

Color #8f6f8a mixed toward gray.

#8c7288

#8a7486

#877784

#847a83

#827c81

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.81:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#828284 · ΔE 16.7

Deuteranopia

#848683 · ΔE 21.2

Tritanopia

#8e7f7e · ΔE 13.4

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 17.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8f6f8a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8f6f8a]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#8f6f8a (#8f6f8a) is rgb(143, 111, 138) in RGB.

No, #8f6f8a 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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