#8f73a0

Color #8f73a0

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 23.79 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 10.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8f73a0

RGB

rgb(143, 115, 160)

HSL

hsl(277.3, 19.1%, 53.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.3, 28.1%, 62.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.6%, 28.1%, 0%, 37.3%)

LAB

lab(52.55, 19.67, -20.08)

LCH

lch(52.55, 28.11, 314.41)

OKLCH

oklch(59.9%, 0.0742, 312.38)

HWB

hwb(277.3, 45.1%, 37.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#84a073

Analogous

#7873a0

#8f73a0

#a0739a

Triadic

#8f73a0

#a08f73

#73a08f

Split-complementary

#8f73a0

#9aa073

#73a078

Tetradic

#8f73a0

#a07384

#84a073

#73a08f

Square

#8f73a0

#a07873

#84a073

#739aa0

Shades

Color #8f73a0 mixed toward black.

#785d88

#604a6d

#483852

#302537

#18131b

Tints

Color #8f73a0 mixed toward white.

#a28ab0

#b4a2c0

#c7b9cf

#dad0df

#ece8ef

Tones

Color #8f73a0 mixed toward gray.

#8e779c

#8d7a98

#8c7e95

#8b8291

#8a868d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.13:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.13:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#848497 · ΔE 12.5

Deuteranopia

#858794 · ΔE 15.2

Tritanopia

#8e8f8d · ΔE 22.7

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 19.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8f73a0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8f73a0]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#8f73a0 (#8f73a0) is rgb(143, 115, 160) in RGB.

No, #8f73a0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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