#8f71a7

Color #8f71a7

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 23.49 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 12.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8f71a7

RGB

rgb(143, 113, 167)

HSL

hsl(273.3, 23.5%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(273.3, 32.3%, 65.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.4%, 32.3%, 0%, 34.5%)

LAB

lab(52.33, 22.4, -24.49)

LCH

lch(52.33, 33.19, 312.45)

OKLCH

oklch(59.8%, 0.087, 309.31)

HWB

hwb(273.3, 44.3%, 34.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#89a771

Analogous

#7471a7

#8f71a7

#a771a4

Triadic

#8f71a7

#a78f71

#71a78f

Split-complementary

#8f71a7

#a4a771

#71a774

Tetradic

#8f71a7

#a77189

#89a771

#71a78f

Square

#8f71a7

#a77471

#89a771

#71a4a7

Shades

Color #8f71a7 mixed toward black.

#785990

#604773

#483656

#30243a

#18121d

Tints

Color #8f71a7 mixed toward white.

#a289b6

#b4a0c4

#c7b8d3

#dad0e2

#ece7f0

Tones

Color #8f71a7 mixed toward gray.

#8e75a3

#8e7a9e

#8d7e9a

#8d8395

#8c8790

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.09:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#83839c · ΔE 11.7

Deuteranopia

#858799 · ΔE 14.5

Tritanopia

#8e9391 · ΔE 23.1

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 20.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8f71a7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8f71a7]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#8f71a7 (#8f71a7) is rgb(143, 113, 167) in RGB.

No, #8f71a7 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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